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Collect clippings when mowing if weeds present?
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| Himanshu 2005-06-26, 11:26 pm |
| I'm in the north-east US, and I'm trying to revive a lawn that wasn't
taken of last year. In spring I overseeded with Scott's Pure Premium
(Sunny area mix - Fescue/Bluegrass/Ryegrass) seeds and the lawn is green
now, but there are weeds. Since I had seeded I have not use any
weedkiller on the lawn this year.
Dandelions are almost all gone (I kept digging them out by their roots
as I saw them), but right now there are two or three types of weeds that
I haven't controlled - one is clover (white flowers are abundant), and
the others I'm not sure what they are.
When mowing, my preference is to mulch, and I have been doing that. My
question is if there are so many weeds in the lawn, is it a bad idea to
mulch? Should I collect clippings instead of mulching?
Thanks.
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Himanshu
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| Pat Kiewicz 2005-06-27, 12:26 pm |
| Himanshu said:
quote:
>Dandelions are almost all gone (I kept digging them out by their roots
>as I saw them), but right now there are two or three types of weeds that
>I haven't controlled - one is clover (white flowers are abundant), and
>the others I'm not sure what they are.
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>When mowing, my preference is to mulch, and I have been doing that. My
>question is if there are so many weeds in the lawn, is it a bad idea to
>mulch? Should I collect clippings instead of mulching?
Go ahead and mulch. The soil is full of weed seeds already. Some (likely
under-ripe) clover seeds going down to join them won't matter in the
long run. Closing in the grass canopy and preventing them from sprouting
is the long-term solution.
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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)
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| Suzy O 2005-07-06, 4:26 am |
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"Pat Kiewicz" <kiewicz@someplace.net.net> wrote in message
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quote:
> Himanshu said:
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> Go ahead and mulch. The soil is full of weed seeds already. Some (likely
> under-ripe) clover seeds going down to join them won't matter in the
> long run. Closing in the grass canopy and preventing them from sprouting
> is the long-term solution.
>
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> Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)
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> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> (attributed to Don Marti)
>
Mulching is best and saves on fertilizer. As far as weeds gone to seed,
most are either not ripe enough to grow or can be controlled with a
pre-emergent next spring.
Personally, I wouldn't try to eliminate the clover. Althought it fits the
broad definition of a weed, "a plant growing where you don't want it," many
find it desirable. It has the ability to pull nitrogen from the atmosphere
down to the soil where it can be used -- again, less fertilizing.
Suzy O
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