On Monday, June 13, 2016 at 5:44:51 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 02:19:19 -0600, Hillari Clinton
wrote:

On 06/13/2016 12:35 AM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
Got too many weeds in one patch of the yard about 15x30 and decided to kill or remove all the old grass/weeds and start fresh with new seed.

I'm wondering if I covered it with tarps, how long would it take for the grass and weeds to die? I don't want to spray it with herbicide. Temp will be around 75-80 from now until August, then 80-90 until mid-Sept. No rain excepted any time soon.

Thanks.


A solution of one gallon of vinegar with a tablespoon of dish detergent sprayed on weeds kills them dead.

OK, but does it affect germination of the new seed? That is why you
can't use Roundup or similar chemicals.

You can use Roundup (glyphosate) and reseed as soon as it's dead.
That's one of the big advantages, it's very effective and quick.
The tarp will work, provided you have enough tarps and don't mind
looking at it, securing it, etc.

I would wait until late August to proceed. Summer is the worst
time to reseed, at least with cool season grasses, IDK where he is.
Lots of competition from weeds and it will take a lot of water.