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| Baking soda? I read it neutalizes the soil and keeps the grass from creeping in? Anyone tried it? I'd love to know if it really works. Thanks! |
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- Posted by vera_eastern_wa 5a-5b (My Page) on Mon, Jun 2, 14 at 9:49
| Sure would like to know this too..... I'd just be worried the high sodium content would leach back where I don't want it and kill garden plants near by |
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| No. Firstly imagine how much you'd need. I looked this up and it referred to a 6 inch wide strip where nothing will grow. Now multiply the length of edging in your garden by 6 inches to get a rough idea of how much soda you'd require. You'd need pounds of the stuff. And then imagine what happens when it rains? And is a 6 inch wide strip of death a look you'd want in your garden? I'd have no truck with it and just edge properly with a spade or edging iron and create a neat and effective vertically sided ditchlet between lawn and soil. It looks smart, it works and it doesn't rely on killing all life in the soil. |
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| That's how my beds are edged now but the grass still creeps in. I was thinking of sprinkling it just in the bottom of the ditchlet to prevent grass from crossing over. Baking soda is cheap and it come in large size bags :) I'd be willing to purchase as many as it takes if it works. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 2, 14 at 10:46
| i doubt.. that throwing money at a physical labor job is going to work ... its all our dream.. lol .. it rarely works ... one thing for sure... you will not have a nice crisp bedding edge ... it will kill the grass.. back into the lawn.. as the runners are all connected ... so.. no more crisp line... i edge beds with RUp ... they are fine on 5 acres ...in suburbia... it would not be ok ... ken |
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| Well it sure sounded good lol Thanks! |
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| floral_uk - got a good laugh out of the "strip of death." |
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