How to stop grass weeds from growing while dymondia taking root
dgrdinh
10 years ago
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Comments (21)DH put in 3 raised beds for me 3 years ago. This is our third year and only minimal Bermuda grass coming through. Here is what he did. 1. Scalp the ground with the weed wacker down to dirt. 2. Lay down two layers of 10 year black weed blocker paper (water permeable). The bottom layer north to south and top layer east to west -and- he extended the paper about 3 inches outside the wood box. 3. Fill the beds (all 4x4) with potting mix and peat moss and all the old growing medium from our EarthBoxes. 4. During the summer and fall he regularly weed-wacks all around the raised beds to keep down any weeds in the area. The Bermuda grass has only rarely grown up thru the 10 inches of 'dirt' and I have no mulch around my okra, beans and squash. I plant collard greens in these same beds in fall and they stay until spring - still very, very few weeds. I credit the scalping DH does with weed-wacker for keeping the weeds from growing wild around the beds. I credit the weed-block paper for keeping the weeds almost completely out of the beds. DL...See MoreHow to get rid of weeds and grow grass
Comments (5)KBG is an abbreviation for Kentucky Bluegrass. If you're overseeding an existing lawn, what you do is cut it as short as you can first. If you want to keep as much of the existing grass as possible, gradually lower the deck. If you want the existing grass to get stressed and maybe be replaced by the new grass, chop it all at once. It's not going to kill it all, but it will stress it worse and will kill some of it. Then put your seed down and make sure it stays damp for at least 3-4 weeks, watering several times a day if there's not enough rain. You don't need to water a lot, just enough to get the top wet (maybe 1/2 of the soil at most). All you want is enough to keep the seeds damp. They don't have roots, so watering deeply doesn't help at this point. You then want to wait as long as possible before mowing. Raise the mower deck to its highest setting and wait until the existing grass is 1.5 times as tall as it will be after cutting (for example, if the deck goes to 4 inches, wait until the grass is 6 inches tall before cutting. If you've got a fair amount of KBG in the existing lawn, you may not need to overseed. The KBG will spread through specialized roots called rhizomes. Whether the bare spots will fill in depends on how big the bare spots are and how much healthy grass you have. To keep weeds at bay, cultural practices can help a lot. Mow the grass fairly high (I mow mine at about 4 inches) and water deeply and infrequently....See MoreKilling weeds while growing juniper
Comments (4)Patrick, I'm in the same situation and so interested to hear about the responses. Some of my junipers actually didn't survive. My problem is bermuda grass. We tilled up and pulled up but couldn't get down far enough for the long roots of the bermuda or we would be digging earth out from underneath our fence. I think we are somehow going to need a bobcat to completely renovate but limited expenses won't allow this. I'm overwhelmed and just want the land to go away in that area....See MoreTiny cedar/spruce like trees growing in grass like weeds
Comments (30)Okay great, thanks Gardengal48. Since the original poster and the other individual haven’t responded with a positive response to your recommendation I will assume your advice did not work. My yard is similar to the HU-868171717) person with hundreds growing and many deeply rooted at this point despite constant mowing. Can you elaborate on how frequent to mow or how low the mower should be set? I have a Torro push mower with settings we will say are 1-5 and the lowest I’ve ever gone is 3. I have zoysia grass and even at level three it’s difficult to mow that low. If I went to a 1 I would basically got to the dirt and assume kill the grass as well. So a professional recommended weed and feed and spot kill with roundup if that didn’t work. This lady (in her late 50’s early 60’s) seemed to be quite experienced and said she went to college for horticulture. Would you elaborate on how mowing would be effective or how often at what level? Otherwise I will post my results using the chemicals you deem harmful once the issue is contained. Thanks!...See MoreHU-286141989
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