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paulz
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# Posted: 5 May 2024 07:49pm
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Cleaning up my city house today unfortunately. I just rototilled a side yard full of weeds. Nice soil. Guess I should plant some seeds, but what? My situation is I’m at the cabin 90% of the time. I don’t want to mow, water or even pee on it. Well I’ll do that much. Months of sunshine coming. What can I throw out there? Besides a tarp, my first idea.
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 5 May 2024 08:18pm
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If you didn’t kill everything before you rototilled it will probably just grow back. You can try clover, it doesn’t get too tall and doesn’t need much water.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 5 May 2024 08:18pm
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green indoor/outdoor carpet 
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 5 May 2024 10:26pm
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Vinca
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 6 May 2024 12:21am
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Casoron granules. Nothing grows for a year.
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Curly
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# Posted: 6 May 2024 01:42am
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Spread rock in the yard like they do in Arizona. Or go big with a hot tub or swimming pool
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travellerw
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# Posted: 6 May 2024 08:48am
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Lay landscape fabric down. Then cover in nice colored stone. Then ignore it for 10-15 years.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 6 May 2024 10:05am
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I would say clover also.
My second would be cerial rye..it will grow to about 5ft tall then you can crimp it over to kill it then plant something real in there. It kind of acts like a smother crop. It grows in everything and real fast.
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paulz
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# Posted: 6 May 2024 01:40pm
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Clover does sound good. I have rock over fabric out front, but something always seems to find a way to push through.
Well I guess I have a bit of time. Still need to clean up and till a bit more around the sides. Rain may be over for the summer and nobody sees this area.
Thanks guys. That Vinca sure looks pretty.
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 6 May 2024 04:40pm
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Look up your climate zone the search “ground covers for zone _”
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paulz
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2025 10:03am
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Ok so I’m going to buy some clover. I’ve killed off all the weeds so my yards are just a mess of lumpy dirt. Several types of clover seeds online, is there one particular I should get?
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2025 09:58pm
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What did you use to 'kill off'?
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paulz
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2025 10:22pm
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Round up. Is that a problem?
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paulz
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# Posted: 2 Jun 2025 08:29am
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I got 10$ worth of seeds coming today. They all flower I guess, red or white. I’ll soak a patch of ground and throw a handful out before heading for the cabin for a test. Says 5 days…
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 2 Jun 2025 09:34am
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Idk if the RU will kill your new seed off....better research that
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paulz
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# Posted: 2 Jun 2025 10:13am
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It says wait a week. Been that long so I’ll try a patch. Only 10 bucks at risk. I’ll bring some to the cabin today and try it there too this week. Thanks Gc.
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 2 Jun 2025 01:23pm
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Round up (glyphosate) will not affect the seed, there is no residual. You can actually spray it on the seed and it won't hurt it, as it is a post emergent weed killer.
Now if there were other chemicals in what you sprayed you may need to wait, but not with just Gly.
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paulz
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# Posted: 2 Jun 2025 08:23pm
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Thanks, I knew there were some green thumbs on here! Well, tests planted both house and cabin. The package I got was surprisingly small, 2 inches square at best. Guess that’s 10 bucks worth. I just got the dirt wet, spread the seeds, bit more water. We’ll see…
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Brettny
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2025 05:44am
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Gly isnt very good a killing clover and a few other plants. A light spraying on clover and it may actualy do nothing.
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paulz
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# Posted: 4 Jun 2025 01:37pm
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Thanks Bret. Back at the grid for the day, no clover yet! A friend who visits the local recycle did give me these two bottles, one looks like regular RU, the other says poison ivy.
I do have some growth on my driveway pavers that the regular ru hasn’t killed, I’ll try the other.
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paulz
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# Posted: 4 Jun 2025 07:13pm
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Guess I don’t need to check every hour.. anyway at the dollar store they have seeds, 4 packs for a buck. Couldn’t find clover but I got these. If nothing else some flowers.
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 5 Jun 2025 08:18am
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Quoting: paulz one looks like regular RU, the other says poison ivy.
What are the active ingredients in both of them?
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paulz
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# Posted: 5 Jun 2025 09:01am
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Can’t read that small anymore. 
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