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Old 17-02-2010, 10:09 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
Eggs Zachtly Eggs Zachtly is offline
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Default Renovating lawn without chemicals

Bob F said:

Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Bob F said:

wrote:
On Jan 27, 9:05 am, 4x4rob
wrote:
use a turf cutter to remove old turf if the ground is good enough
then if your left with a load of stones use a stone burier or if
not just use a stone raker / standard landscape rake (size
permitting) then you could use a seeder roller machine to get a
good finish .

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4x4rob

Which is one hell of a lot of work and cost compared to applying
glyphosate and using a slit seeder. Glyphosate is routinely used on
food crops, so I don't see the big deal in using it for a one time
lawn renovation.

I sure as hell don't use it on my food crops.


Ever buy fresh corn at the grocery store?


Rarely. But it would be idiocy to use glyphosate on my home garden if I care,
wouldn't it?


Are you, yourself, made of plant material? It's a serious question man, not a
smart-assed answer. It's all got to do with how glyphosate works. It won't hurt
you, unless you're actually a plant. =)

As long as the plants you're growing are "glyphosate-ready" (and there's a
shit-load of them available), and you spray on a calm day and/or protect your
other crops from overspray, it'd be just fine to use it in your home garden.
Pulling weeds from a dense block of corn sucks. It makes it a helluva lot
easier.
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