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keeping grass out of garden
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:57 pm
HOW! my garden is too big to hoe. I have tried and tried and grass ends up taking over by july. What is good to spray that will kill the grass but not the peas, butterbeans, squash, and corn? Ive heard of "poast" but dam its like $300 for 2 gallons!
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 3:01 pm
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:09 pm to oleyeller
glyophosphate on a windless day applied carefully?
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:13 pm to oleyeller
Ground cover? Newspaper, compost maybe, get child sized hoe's and put your children to work?
I out down pine straw in my garden and it does a good job keeping weeds under control.
I out down pine straw in my garden and it does a good job keeping weeds under control.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:14 pm to Bleeding purple
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glyophosphate on a windless day applied carefully?
im scared to use something that could kill my plants. My garden is roughly 50yards wide by 100yards long.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:15 pm to oleyeller
run a tiller between your rows
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:17 pm to oleyeller
I've had good results in flowerbeds with a strong glyphosate (10% solution) wipe. Mix it in a 5 gal bucket, and apply one of two ways:
1. Put on a latex glove, then put on a cheap cotton gloves on top of that. Dip in solution and wipe weeds
2. (My preferred method) Use a heavy knap paint roller and dip in solution and paint the weeds.
1. Put on a latex glove, then put on a cheap cotton gloves on top of that. Dip in solution and wipe weeds
2. (My preferred method) Use a heavy knap paint roller and dip in solution and paint the weeds.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:31 pm to oleyeller
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My garden is roughly 50yards wide by 100yards long
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:41 pm to oleyeller
quote:Hire a crop duster?
m scared to use something that could kill my plants. My garden is roughly 50yards wide by 100yards long.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:49 pm to eng08
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I out down pine straw in my garden and it does a good job keeping weeds under control.
I'm trying this method this year. So far it looks great. Clean as a whistle.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:49 pm to oleyeller
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My garden is roughly 50yards wide by 100yards long.
That's like a whole damn acre. My grandparents had one that was roughly 1-1/2 acres and every year my grandfather wound up feeding the cows with all the excess veggies.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:55 pm to DonChowder
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That's like a whole damn acre. My grandparents had one that was roughly 1-1/2 acres and every year my grandfather wound up feeding the cows with all the excess veggies.
yeah its right at an acre i guess... and for the poster who left that gif
I know its big, but ive been doing one this big or bigger since i was old enough to walk with my grandpa. He had probably 2 acres of veggies, we busted our arse in the garden every year and i loved it. Ever since he passed i guess i continued the large garden. My dad helps me with it, but by july every year i have the most problems with grass taking over because i cant kee up with it. And i hate not being able to see when im reaching down picking peas or butterbeans, especially after last year my buddy killed two rattlers in his garden haha kinda freaked me out
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:57 pm to oleyeller
Can you widen the rows some and buy a very narrow lawnmower?
Posted on 4/1/15 at 3:58 pm to eng08
its not the grass between the rows so much as it is between the plants. I can use my plow and get between rows.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:32 pm to oleyeller
Maybe put your plants a little wider and mow/till both directions? More of a grid than a series of rows.
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:38 pm to oleyeller
I weedeatered mine last year. I only clipped a few plants.
I was like...
I was like...
Posted on 4/2/15 at 11:59 am to oleyeller
Get a tiller and till the middles. I have a Troy built with the furrow attachment on the back. Like a big plow that covers small grass. Trick is too not let the grass get too big before trying to do something about it. Also I sometimes use roundup in my pump up sprayer. Cut the bottom out of a gallon milk jug and punch a hole through the center. Attach it to the end of the spray wand. You can spray right beside your plants and not worry about drift. Also use a drift control in your mix. Do it late evening when wind is calm. No worries.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 12:07 pm to Clyde Tipton
I've always helped my grandad with his, but he's falling on ill health. I'll have to start doing my own at some point. He's always had one, but man I've got so much going on I don't think I'd be able to maintain it.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 12:07 pm to oleyeller
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its not the grass between the rows so much as it is between the plants. I can use my plow and get between rows.
All you gotta do is start talkin sweet to the grass and nurture it. If it thinks for one second that you want it there, its gone go belly up.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:01 pm to oleyeller
dual/metolachlor as a pre-emerge, of course, think before applying since you'll be eating a little dual with your squash and what not.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:15 pm to Clyde Tipton
some good suggestions in here. I will figure out something
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