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re: honest question…why do so many of you soak your yard with chemicals?
Posted on 3/8/24 at 11:08 am to poochie
Posted on 3/8/24 at 11:08 am to poochie
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Ok, so how do you manage it?
The same way you manage any area. You don't let it grow up and be overrun by what you don't want. You cultivate your garden areas knowing you're going to have insect damage (because that's largely what they're for), you pull weeds, you treat problems when they arise with natural products, you select the right plants for the right area, you get them from reputable nurseries that don't use systemic pesticides. Most of this isn't alien, it is just different.
The well-manicured lawn of a monoculture turf grass didn't exist in this country until roughly post-WW2. And it is no coincidence that it grew along with chemical advancements. A whole lot of marketing and pushing went into changing the traditional mindset.
This post was edited on 3/8/24 at 11:10 am
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Posted on 3/8/24 at 11:12 am to LegendInMyMind
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you pull weeds,
You want people to pull weeds in their whole yard that they’re trying to let naturally over grow.
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you treat problems when they arise with natural products,
Like what?
This sounds like some kook essential oil bs.
Maybe a landscape bed can be kept like this but no way a full yard.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:30 pm to LegendInMyMind
I used to do some of this with my old garden roses. Fish fertilizer, alfalfa, beneficial mites etc. (Now I just mulch, give them alfalfa and wish them luck.)
it’s just very foreign. We’d have to learn a whole new way of doing things. Start entirely new lawns?
The way i think you get around herbicides and pesticides and still keep your Saint Augustine and centipede is 1)embrace clovers. They pass with the seasons. And 2) make sure your sod is thick/crowds out the weeds
How do you do that? Invest your money in squares of sod rather than herbicides. The grass will win if you refuse to spend money on herbicides, and spend it only on sod. I shovel up a patches of weeds and buy squares of St. Augustine here and there from Home Depot and sprinkle potting soil around it to fill in. Every year those trouble spots start to diminish.
it’s just very foreign. We’d have to learn a whole new way of doing things. Start entirely new lawns?
The way i think you get around herbicides and pesticides and still keep your Saint Augustine and centipede is 1)embrace clovers. They pass with the seasons. And 2) make sure your sod is thick/crowds out the weeds
How do you do that? Invest your money in squares of sod rather than herbicides. The grass will win if you refuse to spend money on herbicides, and spend it only on sod. I shovel up a patches of weeds and buy squares of St. Augustine here and there from Home Depot and sprinkle potting soil around it to fill in. Every year those trouble spots start to diminish.
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