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Sun, Apr 20, 14 at 23:07
| Last year was my first year of gardening, I started small and absolutely loved it. So this year I added a little more area to the garden. However now I think even that is not enough. So I tilled a little section of my backyard which was fully grass covered. I took out all the grass that I could. This was done in the last 20 days. Now my question is, without doing anything else, what veggies can be grown here? I mean with all the grass roots still there, is there any veggies that might do better than others? Thanks. |
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| Grass will reemerge. If you continue to pull out the grass that is still there, you probably can plant some big ones that grow upright, like cabbage,tomatoes or peppers. If you seed in that soil, most likely the seeds will be taken over by reemerging grass. From other point, if you can wait till second season (not sure if you have one, I do and I am at the same zone, but in Massachusetts ) you can cover the plot with black plastic for couple of months, that will kill most of the grass roots. I planted the same year after grass, but I didn't tilt it - I carefully dig whole plot with a shovel and took the grass out every time I put shovel in the soil. |
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- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Mon, Apr 21, 14 at 8:09
| I started all my gardens in my last house from tilled lawn. Plant anything you like. Just be sure to take off the clumps of grass in the top 6 inches. Add compost and give it a year of intensive weeding. |
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- Posted by terry_neoh 5b (My Page) on Tue, Apr 22, 14 at 21:36
| Cutworms may be prevalent where there was sod. If you plant toatoes, peppers, or brassica plants you can put a little collar of aluminum foil around the stem about an inch above and below the surface. Unfortunately, you may may still wake up one morning to find a row of beans mowed down. If this happens, try to find the critter just under the soil at the last plant eaten, and send him to the Elysian Fields. |
Here is a link that might be useful: cutworm
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