Clearing Roundup from Soil
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14 years ago
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Comments (8)Definitely a cover crop, but your local office of you state universities USDA Cooperative Extension Service will be better able to answer which one. Whether any of the other stuff is needed would depend on what you soil now has and they way to find that out is with a good, reliable soil test from the same place, the biozome, worm castings, and compost tea may not even be needed and you would be spending money unnecessarily if that is so. Along with that soil test from your state university, or a recommended lab, dig in with these simple soil tests to see what is there now, 1) Structure. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. A good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top. 2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up. 3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart. 4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer you soil will smell. 5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy. and to see what, if anything, else needs be done....See Moremoss from roundup
Comments (7)Roundup works great for establishing a moss garden. It acidifies the soil and bonds to any clay in the soil causing the clay particles to no longer stick together. These two things become noticeable where Roundup is used extensively. It is actually a good way to make a moss garden since it will provide surface soil conditions that moss likes while also killing any weeds while not harming the moss. Use it in moderation and at recommended concentrations or less to reduce or prevent any moss problems where you do not want moss growing. If you are spraying around plants that are not acid loving, apply crushed dolomitic limestone from time to time. Bob...See MoreRoundup or GroundClear?
Comments (6)Both Roundup and GroundClear contain glyphosate, but GroundClear also has imazapyr in it, a root active herbicide. You would not want to use imazapyr in areas where you have desirable shrubs and trees. If you are interested in long term weed control, I would stick to post emergents such as Roundup or Brush-b-gone to control your existing weeds (it does take some reapplication for difficult, persistant weeds), and employ other measures to keep weeds from reestablishing, such as mulch....See MoreSo clear to see how roots hold back soil
Comments (2)I used to live in a then-new townhouse-style condo complex, which had two buildings, with about 12 or so townhouses in each building. They were on a hill, a rather steep hill. Behind my building the hill was covered in trees and some scrub shrubs - it wasn't landscaped, but it was never cleared when they built the condos. Behind the second building, for some reason they cleared all the trees and shrubs. Not only did it look awful, but sure enough, there were two landslides in the seven years I lived there. Luckily, small enough that no major damage was done to any condos and no one was hurt, but that's still scary, both for the condo-dwellers and the people living at the top of the hill. Then the condo association had meeting after meeting to discuss methods of keeping the hill back. I was always amazed that they didn't see the solution right in front of them - didn't they GET that the hill behind my building was perfectly fine? Because of the trees and shrubs? So yeah, roots are good! :) Dee...See Moregargwarb
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