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Gardening

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

13. What kind of grass?

Reply to quakerboy (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:36 AM

Mar 2012

If it spreads by runners, give up. It will never go away. I tried to eradicate bermuda grass in one place that I lived. It busted it's way through and around every barrier, and digging it simply allowed it to regrow from every minute piece of root left. Since it had spread UNDER the slab foundation, there was simply no way to get it all.

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Anti-growing [View all] quakerboy Mar 2012 OP

Well, I have a few thoughts/suggestions for you. Take them as you will. Denninmi Mar 2012 #1

It didnt even kill the tops quakerboy Mar 2012 #5

Thyme, sedum, and pennyroyal. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #2

Interesting quakerboy Mar 2012 #6

It takes a few seasons, but they'll choke out anything. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #7

If it is possible to rent a roto-tiller, Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #3

Its a very small space quakerboy Mar 2012 #4

Well, holding down the weed cloth Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #8

Why not use the rocks from the ground XemaSab Mar 2012 #10

You could try solarising.... kurtzapril4 Mar 2012 #9

Plant clover. roody Mar 2012 #11

Good grief. lay off the poison and start mulching! piedmont Mar 2012 #12

What kind of grass? LWolf Mar 2012 #13