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dragonfly
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Hiya Folks, [wayey]
i don't know why i do this to myself but it never fails ...lol I have battled with contaminated ground and i am now battling with acdic soil. My question is can i grow irish moss under spruce and pine trees,i am trying to put a durrable plant around my pond so when i have to work with the pond i won't do any damage to the ground cover (irish moss )and also will the irish moss overpower grass or should i use some kind of chemical to kill of the grass (keep in mind that i have 3 dogs)if there is no safe chemical is there another way of killing unwanted grass?? [dunno]
Plants: 7 | From: Falkland, British Columbia Canada | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 207.194.127.128
sachis2112
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Most RoundUp can be used and then watered off within two hours after. So, if you spray the grass and keep the critters out of the area for 2 hours, then hose it all down, it should still do the trick. Next time you're at the nursery, take a look at a RoundUp bottle and read the instructions. See if it'll work for you.

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Plants: 398 | From: Encino, CA | Registered: May 2004  |  Seeded: 63.73.33.126
tkhooper
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I've read on here that layered composing and using chicken poo will kill off grass/weeds but I've never done it. Tried to find the post that had a really good discription but of course I couldn't find it. I've tried roundup but the grass was back in a week so I have given up on that. The other kind that keeps it away for a year also keeps anything else from growing so that's out since you want to plant there.

Here is one post on composting but it's not the one I was originally looking for.

compost

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Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 4.249.51.101
tkhooper
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I found it!!!!!!!

Longy did a great job with this

Longy really helped me with this. I have a steep inclide that I want to garden and the grass pulling was back breaking.

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Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 4.249.81.116
dragonfly
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[kissies] Thank u tkhooper,Sachis for your reply, the information that you have given me was just what i was looking for. [thumb]
Plants: 7 | From: Falkland, British Columbia Canada | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 207.194.26.97
   

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