Kurt Ullman wrote in
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Smitty Two wrote:

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Kurt Ullman wrote:

I have this little patch of land that backs up to my lot that was
deeded to me recently. I have a few areas that I want to plant
"regular" grass instead of the stuff that planted itself when it
was still farm field. I have hoed the area that I am planting this
time to bare ground. I am trying to decide if I just want to go
ahead and plant the new grass or if I should nuke the area with
Roundup and then wait about 4 weeks before I start on the grass.
Any suggestions?

If you till the soil once, then let seedlings sprout, and till again,
all plant matter will be dead and you won't have to use roundup. Any
new unwanted growth will be from seeds that blow in from other areas,
and roundup will have no effect on that process anyway.

Is hoeing considered tilling in this case or do I need to actually
rent something?

Just saw a facebook page where strawbaling was used to kill weeds etc.
Second link when you google "hoeing and tilling". I have no idea whether
you are talking 20x30 feet, 200x300 feet or 2x3 miles of land. We killed
the lawn in front of our first home by covering with newspaper. Worked
just fine, and we got a very nice front garden. The next owners of
course promptly took all our nice plants out and made it a lawn, but we
had 18 years of a nice front flower garden. No chemicals other than
mulch.
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