Thanks. Forgive another dumb question. After trimming down to the ground -

Jun 8, 2019
1:26:44pm

itsuptoyou All-American

do we thin dig up the little stubs that are left or they’ll be dead so it doesn’t matter?

When you say bag it up you’re referring to all of the freshly cut weeds that we could just rake up and throw away, correct?

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I have a new house with no lawn. My dirt has become completely overrun with

itsuptoyou

6/8/19 12:59pm

Clear all the weeds with a complete vegetation killer

kotacoug

6/8/19 1:03pm

That won’t work as I will laying sod down in the next couple of months.

itsuptoyou

6/8/19 1:04pm

Shouldn't be an issue after two weeks. I've killed grass and played sod back

whiteninja

6/8/19 1:06pm

Good to know. Thank you.

itsuptoyou

6/8/19 1:07pm

Most weed killers are required by law to break down in the soil in 14 days

TheLost

6/8/19 1:29pm

Nothing I said will do anything to sod. If you were seeding grass then

kotacoug

6/8/19 1:11pm

Thanks.

itsuptoyou

6/8/19 1:24pm

Be aware there are two kinds of total vegetation killers. One kind treats the plants and kills anything

Rhino84

6/8/19 4:12pm

Pulling them will do nothing. They will just grow back.

BYUALWAYSNUM1

6/8/19 1:03pm

Pulling weeds is just pruning weeds; they'll spring back immediately. Gotta use RoundUp.

ColoSpgs

6/8/19 1:04pm

Good to know. So just continuing to nuke them with RoundUp is my only option.

itsuptoyou

6/8/19 1:06pm

And bury all those little seeds in each plant?

kotacoug

6/8/19 1:13pm

Thanks. Forgive another dumb question. After trimming down to the ground -

itsuptoyou

6/8/19 1:26pm

You're making it too hard

StantonMac

6/8/19 1:39pm

Yes and yes... and don’t just get ‘round up weed killer’ get something like

kotacoug

6/8/19 3:36pm

I found that combining round up and weed be gone was the most effective

RocketCoug

6/8/19 2:04pm

Let the bobcat do the work

Cougrrrs Roll

6/8/19 2:51pm

Very important to get infrastructure in the dirt

Heinz57

6/8/19 3:20pm

I recommend round-up, then 2 weeks after cover it with black plastic until...

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