"J Kolenovsky" wrote in message
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Something else that works well is "solarizing" the grass by
covering
with black plastic that is well anchored down over it. The grass
dies
and decomposes due to worm action and you aven't lost any of the
beneficial bacteria that has built up in the soil.

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JK


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Actually, though, clear plastic gets hotter quicker (and at
higher temp). I know, it is counterintuitive, but true. The sun
goes through but heat doesn't go back out, so sun keeps
building -- al la greenhouse. And, SOME of the bactees may die;
their susceptibility to temperature varies. But no big deal.
They come back.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson