MotherLode Gardens 2016

[Shcrews]

real grass growing in the pots.. gonna be a pain to amend the soil with this on top. i tried pulling it but that's a waste of time. guess i can dig it out but then the top layer of soil goes with it...

It's funny how there's no real grass anywhere on the property, just fucked up weeds and foxtails... and then grass randomly starts growing in the only place where i don't want it.

 

[Shcrews]

the hill is still kind of green. not for long though, weather's gonna heat up fast

 

[milkyjoe]

real grass growing in the pots.. gonna be a pain to amend the soil with this on top. i tried pulling it but that's a waste of time. guess i can dig it out but then the top layer of soil goes with it...

It's funny how there's no real grass anywhere on the property, just fucked up weeds and foxtails... and then grass randomly starts growing in the only place where i don't want it.

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Just turn it under. The minerals in it belong to you...take them and some carbon back

 

[Noonin NorCal]

real grass growing in the pots.. gonna be a pain to amend the soil with this on top. i tried pulling it but that's a waste of time. guess i can dig it out but then the top layer of soil goes with it...

It's funny how there's no real grass anywhere on the property, just fucked up weeds and foxtails... and then grass randomly starts growing in the only place where i don't want it.

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You should just fold that shit in with a shovel mix it and break it up and keep it with your soil

 

[Buddle]

^^^ Of course its growing there. Thats the best soil on the lot.
Gorgeous views Schrews. I look forward to following along. Last years monsters were memorable to say the least!!

 

[Shcrews]

You should just fold that shit in with a shovel mix it and break it up and keep it with your soil

Just turn it under. The minerals in it belong to you...take them and some carbon back

thanks guys that's a lot easier! i wish i could encourage the grass to grow outside the pots too, would be nice to have a green hillside in the summer

 

[milkyjoe]

Chuck some gypsum, horseshit and hay where you want grass to grow. The seeds are obviously there...you just need fertility and/or better soil structure

 

[Shcrews]

i had to laugh picturing myself with a bag of pure horseshit ,chucking handfulls around my property

 

[_tessarecting]

Get a tractor or something go big or go home

Wish I knew this last week when I spent 5 hours weeding in the sun for no reason

 

[Shcrews]

Get a tractor or something go big or go home

does a skid steer count?

 

[_tessarecting]

Get your guy to stand on the back with the shit bag and gypsum while you rove motherlode on your mound mission

 

[redlaser]

real grass growing in the pots.. gonna be a pain to amend the soil with this on top. i tried pulling it but that's a waste of time. guess i can dig it out but then the top layer of soil goes with it...

It's funny how there's no real grass anywhere on the property, just fucked up weeds and foxtails... and then grass randomly starts growing in the only place where i don't want it.

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The grass in the pot looks like Bermuda grass. It spreads through stolons and rhizomes, fairly tough to get rid of. Whatever you do don't till it in because you would be distributing it by doing so. If it was my issue I'd remove as much as possible at least a foot deep, and remove it all away from the container for 7-10 feet around the spot. It got in the pot because it was close enough to reach it. You'll still have to keep pulling it throughout the season because it will return, maybe not as strong as at first, but it will be back next year despite above listed efforts.

 

[milkyjoe]

Even if it does come back if your weed cannot outgrow it and shade it out you got bigger problems than Bermuda grass.

 

[mako44]

The first yr i planted on my hill It had wild weeds & such-- i turned them in ,that first yr was the biggest plants iv grown, planted like may 20th grew to over 12 ft & like 7 units ea ,to me they were crazy huge, , Pretty incredible considering when they were started at that time ! I believe if turned in about 2-3 weeks ahead of time there probly better for soil that anything else you could add ,, Including kelp! & i am a kelp lover!!! ,But i might have special soil as i also had a pumpkin plant that grew 24 inchs in 24 hours, yes 1 inch per hour!!

 

[yocs]

What's wrong with grass as your cover crop?

 

[megayields]

i had to laugh picturing myself with a bag of pure horseshit ,chucking handfulls around my property

I;m living on a 20 acre equestrian farm ATM...if you need horse amendments I got em lol

 

[Shcrews]

The grass in the pot looks like Bermuda grass. It spreads through stolons and rhizomes, fairly tough to get rid of. Whatever you do don't till it in because you would be distributing it by doing so. If it was my issue I'd remove as much as possible at least a foot deep, and remove it all away from the container for 7-10 feet around the spot. It got in the pot because it was close enough to reach it. You'll still have to keep pulling it throughout the season because it will return, maybe not as strong as at first, but it will be back next year despite above listed efforts.

wait so the so you're saying DON'T till it in, and the grass is a bad thing and it's gonna be a problem forever? sweet

if i dig out the top foot of soil i would basically have empty pots...

that grass was growing in the pots last summer and the plants were ok but i really dont know much about it

Even if it does come back if your weed cannot outgrow it and shade it out you got bigger problems than Bermuda grass.

like i said they did ok last year...

 

[sacramental]

Bermuda, been pulling that shit up for two seasons and it comes back every year! Good to see shit working out for ya bro. Roots are bangin.

 

[milkyjoe]

Sorry if that came off as an insult. I was laughing cause no way Bermuda grass is gonna be a problem for your plants. They will way outgrow the grass eventually shading it out.


It ain't gonna be a problem. turn it under, it will grow back but by that time no worries. And what is left over at the end of the season will just feed your microbes. Free cover crop. I like when things like this happen.

 

[Stone House]

Yeah, no getting rid of bermuda without round-up and that would ruin your soil.
I agree the bermuda shouldn't be any problem, but it will never go away.
Just till it like you said, amend and let it grow back as mulch.