Shanevrr
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« on: June 18, 2011, 08:58:09 AM » |
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ive heard you can put roundup weed and grass killer on the yard before you start tilling, and you have a lot less weed growth......is this true?
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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2011, 09:51:25 AM » |
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it will kill grass, but it's not so hot on weeds and has no impact on seed growth. if you are going to 'till, you are probably better to just get out there with a rake and clean it out good before you plant. it you are going to plant starts, try some pre-emergent to help control weed regrowth. if you are plating seeds, don't do that.
i am a roundup fan, but i do believe it should be used sparingly, and i don't think i'd use it in my food garden....
those rolls of black garden mat stuff that you put down and then plant through work well. don't remember what they are called but they are easy to find.
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2011, 03:33:44 PM » |
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i just let it go this one time, just got done tilling and plowing, couldnt wait to try out my new tractor tiller. that ive been waiting o for a month. I also got a walk behind seed planter. so i cant use the fabric stuff. what about 10.10.10 fertilizer. do you use that?
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« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2011, 03:39:29 PM » |
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i have an endless supply of rotted manure. i don't use anything else.
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2011, 04:49:41 PM » |
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i just let it go this one time, just got done tilling and plowing, couldnt wait to try out my new tractor tiller. that ive been waiting o for a month. I also got a walk behind seed planter. so i cant use the fabric stuff. what about 10.10.10 fertilizer. do you use that?
5-24-24 would do you better methinks. No too much need for the nitrogen in most gardens except for the corn. |
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« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2011, 10:12:30 AM » |
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thanks for the advise, i can get some lama manure, maybe thats what i should do. instead of using chemicals. does it have to be decomposing before I use it or can i just use it if its a little fresh
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« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2011, 10:27:06 AM » |
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decomposed and depending on what it's mixed with, at least a year.
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2011, 10:40:35 AM » |
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thanks
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