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Starting a new veg plot.
zxcvbob wrote:
Timmy T wrote: Hi, I'm just starting a veg patch which is about 5m square in the corner of the garden, but I'm not sure what to do with the turf I've cut. Shall I skip it or rotavate it into the area I've taken it from along with well rotted manure from the dung heap? Many thanks, TT Can you just turn it upside-down and plant over it? (I assume you don't have bermudagrass over there) If I ever start a new garden plot from turf again, I plant to spray it one time with glyphosate (Roundup or equivalent), mow it short when the grass starts to die, and then disturb the soil as little as possible when I plant. Mulch heavily at least the first year to keep the weeds from taking over, and let the earthworms do all the hard work turning the soil. That first year I probably won't be able to direct sow anything; just use transplants. Tilling new ground among other things wakes up dormant weed seeds in the soil. Carefully removing the sod (sod cutters are GOOD) removes the majority of weed seeds. |
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