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Re: Transplanting

Alan...I do this all the time...just spray the grass with Roundup and wait
until it is all yellow and completely dead...usually 7-10 days if it is not
raining all the time.  Then, plant right through the dead sod.  it acts as
a natural mulch and you don't expose hundreds of weed seeds to the
sunlight.  Ruth

>I have several small areas that I am wanting to transplant native forbs
>into.  They are greenhouse grown.  My question is, can I kill the existing
>vegetation, mostly grass, effectively with Roundup, and then transplant
>into it without disturbing (tilling/disking) the soil?  My goal is to
>eliminate 'weeds' from germinating and thinking this would be better than
>exposing 'raw soil' and bringing up weed seeds to germinate.  All comments
>welcome...
>
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Ruth A. Green, Greenhouse Manager, Supportive Scientist
Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity
607 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL  61820
Office:  217-333-7091   FAX:  217-333-6294
Email:  rgreen@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu


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