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whizkidkyus

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Hi ,

I have a few over grown with grass and weed flower beds that I would like to spray and kill the grass and weeds ! Started when I decided to get a couple of trailers of cow manure for fertilizer that a friend of mine had scrapped out of his calf stalls and barnlots and piles up ! Bad mistake as the seeds in the manure sprouted ! My plans are to dig the flowers out and spray with round up or another good quailty weed killer and then replant the flowers ! Can I still do it at this time of year ? What's the best poison to use that a home owner can buy without a license ? How many coats should I use ? How long until I can replant ? Planned on doing it in the fall , but had way to many other things to do !Keep in mind that I have a couple of out door cats and other animals around and don't want to kill them ! Thanks in advance for any and all help !


Whizkid
 
Why not make it a project where you go out and hand weed a small area at a time? One can take an overwhelming project and divide it up into mini-projects and it becomes very doable. To keep this tractor related one does not plow or plant or till a whole field at once; it is one pass at a time. Just turn yourself into Johnny Cash and do it one piece at a time. Once you dig up your plants where are you going to move them? You might just as well leave them where they are and they won't have to re-establish their root systems again. The end result will be less chemical footprint on your property if that is a concern to you.
 
Why not take the flowers out and put down a fabric that wont allow the weeds to come up through. then poke holes in the fabric and replant the flowers. Finally top with a mulch to cover the fabric. You will never have a weed problem again. I use a colored stone over mine instead of mulch. The stones are more expensive at first but cheaper in the end because you never need to re-top and no weeds will grow in them. I am careful when mowing not to shoot the clippings into the beds. Fertilizing can be done at the plant itself and will seep through the fabric.
 
Three general types of weed killers, grass killer, broadleaf killer, and anything green killer.

Then, some last in the soil for a while affecting new growth, and others only affect the green plants they are sprayed on, no effect tomorrow.

Where I live everything is froze up and inches of snow, so now spraying would be worthless.

So you want to kill some green growing weeds, but you don?t want to affect some flowers you will put in the ground a day or three later.

So you want Roundup. It needs to be sprayed on the green weeds. It doesn?t last in the soil so it won?t hurt the flowers in a couple days. But remember, new weeds will start growing in a day or two, and will be right back.

You must be in a warm climate!

Paul
 


Don't blame the cow manure. You can get 50 weed plants per square foot just from the seed that is already in your dirt. I agree with Roundup.
 
You have to pull them or just keep spraying. That manure was probably loaded with weed seeds. A one time shot of Roundup will work for about a week till new weeds sprout. Preen is a good option with residual control.
AaronSEIA
 
Herbicides can be selective or broad range, read the label directions closely before purchasing.

It is worth the extra money to buy compost or composted manure ($40 per cubic yard). The composting process kills most weed seeds and reduces some of the manure smell.

If you will be digging out the flowers, you might as well dig out the manure too. You can mix some topsoil and compost to build up your flower beds, maybe mix in a small amount of manure too. It also works to plant flowers into straight compost, some settling will happen.

Pile up the old manure in a heap so it can compost for a summer or a full year.
 
You will need a 1.5 gal pump up sprayer And a quart of roundup, 41% glysophate.
Wait until spring when the beds start turning green Then spray them down with your herbicide (not poison) and wait a week you should see everything that was growing in there turn brown.
Born that off if you can. Then plant your flowers. Hand weed thereafter.
If you don't have time to take care of the flowerbeds just fill them with mulch after the roundup.
 
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