Using Tarps for weed Control
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Comments (1)I use cardboard. It's cheap, and when it breaks down it feeds the worms!...See MoreUse of lawn fertilizer with weed control
Comments (4)Is is okay to use fertilizer/weed control in this area of California in the Fall? No. What about in any other part of California? No What about outside of California? No. Why? Those product waste your money and give you false hopes of being an effective fertilizer and an effective herbicide. They are not. If you want to fertilize, use a fertilizer. If you want to kill weeds, use a herbicide. Forget about the crabgrass. It will not last into the winter. You can spot spray the dandelions with something like Weed-B-Gone. I would not use anything out of a hose end sprayer on newly seeded grass. Where do you live in Northern California. And if you say you live south of Yuba City, I might come unglued. If you live south of YC and north of Bakersfield, you live in Central California. Sorry but that is geography. Now if you live in Central Cali, are you toward the edge or back inland? It makes a difference because of the temperature and humidity differences back toward Sac'to and then up the mountains. What kind if grass did you seed? How did you prepare the soil for the new seed? I'm surprised you're getting many weeds....See MoreUsing cardboard for weed control
Comments (27)I can see some of the thinking that goes with the card-board people, even though most is not real card-board but kimmsr has a point about what that can do to soil. I trying to put anything in the garden that did not come from a garden or farm. I use small bails, which in the mid-west with a little search can easily be bought for two buck each. I never use loose straw or hay, except that which is left over after slicing the bail into squares about one to three inches thick depending on size of area or number of bales I have. This will control weeds as well as card-board and recyle much better. If the few weeds that pop up between the slices is a problem that one may have lazy streak that is getting a bit too large while at the same time a little wheat, oats or what ever is easily controlled most of the time. I even used unthreshed rye bails and either cut or left the growing rye go for a look see. I guess if one thinks dealing with card-board is easier have at it but it just seems odd as it is harder on the soil than the weeds....See MoreNewbie needs thoughts on using landscape design to control weeds
Comments (6)Where Landscape fabrics that are WOVEN of polypropylene (like a cheaper version of trampoline mat) have a use is in SEPARATING stone mulch from the soil below. It's useful because it's almost a sure bet that at some point down the road, someone is going to want to REMOVE the stones. If they are just laid on bare soil it's going to be a lot harder to do. (The cheaper, especially rubbery fabric will not work at all to do this as it will break into little pieces as one tries to remove it.) Wood based mulch doesn't need to be removed because it turns into soil over a period of time. For a short time (one year) it may seem like landscape fabric works because wind-blown and water-washed silt has not yet accumulated on top of the fabric. Once it does, weeds will grow again. Many commercial landscapes were created on a site scraped clean and built with new landscapes installed at the beginning. They were professionally maintained and weeds never had a chance to establish. However, if their care was abandoned, weeds would quickly move in. Many homes, however, are neglected and weeds are rampant. Once they establish, they continually make thousands of seeds capable of sprouting for years in some cases. (I'm still pulling up seeds from Grandpa Ott morning glory that hasn't grown here in two years. Regret planting that!)...See Morejimster
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