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Keeping Grass out of Garden?
#2736344
02/13/19 01:02 AM
02/13/19 01:02 AM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 901 Tuscaloosa
Chad Burnette
OP
6 point
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OP
6 point
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 901
Tuscaloosa
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Fixing to get garden ready for spring. What can or need to do to help grass from taking over garden? Seems like last few years it keeps getting worse.
Chad
The only reason I hunt ducks is to watch the dogs work.
Good boy Jock
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Re: Keeping Grass out of Garden?
[Re: Chad Burnette]
#2736912
02/13/19 04:01 PM
02/13/19 04:01 PM
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Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 7,946 Alabama
Shaneomac2
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 7,946
Alabama
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wonder if u could use eraser or roundup............
Georgia Football..Acts like Bama but has a trophy case like South Carolina.
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Re: Keeping Grass out of Garden?
[Re: Chad Burnette]
#2737057
02/13/19 06:37 PM
02/13/19 06:37 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,092 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,092
alabama
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I put black plastic between the rows and cover with hay to keep it in place. Worked like a charm last year
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Keeping Grass out of Garden?
[Re: Chad Burnette]
#2738536
02/15/19 07:46 AM
02/15/19 07:46 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,092 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,092
alabama
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4-6 feet depending on the crop
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Keeping Grass out of Garden?
[Re: Chad Burnette]
#2738888
02/15/19 02:35 PM
02/15/19 02:35 PM
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Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,609 Alabama
dirkdaddy
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,609
Alabama
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Silage tarp and flame weeder torch. Till up your beds, rake em flat and even, throw the silage tarp over the beds for a few weeks to make the weeds sprout and die. Uncover the tarp after a few weeks when the beds look clean.
At this point you can either plant, or go round two with the flame weeder torch (red dragon on Amazon). Let the beds get rained on or irrigate them purposefully with a sprinkler. When the weeds sprout up kill em with the flame thrower. Do NOT till again after flaming. Plant.
All this requires is a little planning. You can "pre fertilize" the beds with compost or manure, and I like to side dress with liquid fish fertilizer while the crop is actually growing. It won't eliminate all weed pressure, but it will greatly help.
Last edited by dirkdaddy; 02/15/19 02:35 PM.
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