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Night of the Zombie Grass
How do I kill grass? I smothered the lawn with cardboard and 4" of bark chips between my veggie beds. Most of it stayed down. The few blades that dared pop up were easy to pull. No big, I can do that while I'm tending my veg.
Except one spot it keeps coming back. Last summer I dug it up, ripped every sneaky rhizome I could find out and covered with more cardboard and more bark chips.
Guess what's there this spring? If you needed proof that the zombiepocalypse is a real danger, I think I've found it. Either I can convince scientists to come and remove my undead grass for further study or I'm thinking herbicides.
I was raised by hippies and fear the chemical industrial complex and need some hand holding. Is there something that will only kill the grass and breaks down quickly? I live near a protected stream water corridor and I want to be extra careful. Also, it seems to be a mixture of perennial rye and crabgrass weed, I don't know if that matters.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Re: Night of the Zombie Grass
I use plastic- I buy the plastic (black) that is found in most hardware stores. It helps keep weeds at bay, soil damp and really helped our growth last year. We have a HUGE garden (usually around 150 tomato plants alone) since we are on a farm and I am not sure of your feelings on using it but we lay it out prior to laying our garden bed, use stakes to keep it down on the ends and in the middle and cut 4inch x cuts prior to planting. We then spray the entire garden with water and watch to see where the water is pooling. We will poke a hole in those areas as watering holes to start and continue to do this after major rains to make sure the plants are getting enough water. It saved us tons of time last year from extensive weeding and also helped us with soil issues.