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I have this "fence" that I grew these nice container grown peppers in. As you can see I never bothered to remove the grass. It was annoying, but the plants grew great. This season I want to NOT grow in containers in this "fence" and grow swiss chard and cilantro. Can I just throw some wheelbarrows full of top soil and compost and raise the soil level without the grass growing up through? I have to note, I threw a bunch of leaves in this fence last fall so I am sure that slowed the grass down. This structue has a layer of the netting at the bottom so no animals can dig under. I really would like to just throw some soil in there rather then moving it and then removing all the grass under it, when I could just throw some soil in it and call it a day.
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This post was edited by TheMasterGardener1 on Thu, Feb 7, 13 at 1:56
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| Cover the grass that is growing there with newspaper or cardboard and cover that with a mixture of the mineral portion of soil and compost in a ratio so the compost equals about 6 to 8 percent of that mix. |
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- Posted by TheMasterGardener1 5B (My Page) on Thu, Feb 7, 13 at 10:58
| Thanks for the response. I will do tht then. thanks. |
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| Yup -- if you choose newspaper, use at least 4 layers, and wetting it helps too. Unless the grass you have is quack grass, in which case it will grow up though anything. YOu'll find out. |
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| If there are leaves in there already just throw the dirt on top. Make sure it is enough as even quack grass has trouble you bury the live plant deep enough, verses seeding with chopped up rhizomes from trying to dig it out. I have buried random quack grass, and find that if it does pop through, just digging down and using systemic weed killer can kill it. |
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| No, no, Rpr -- if the entire lawn is quack grass, digging it becomes spiritual practice, with guarantee of enlightenment as soon as you dig out the last rhizome. |
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