Large Area To Kill Off Before Seeding

[otterman91105]

Hey everyone just wondering if anyone has a good product or any easy way to spray a large area. I'm looking to kill everything off, then bring in black dirt and seed the area with grass seed. Any input would be great. Thanks.

[fishersofmen]

Round-Up. How large of an area?

[otterman91105]

Half of an acre.

[fishersofmen]

Pick up a decent 4 gallon backpack sprayer and go to town, unless you have something on hand with a larger capacity. It will take a bit of time with that method but I have done it and it isn't too bad. I use a Round-Up concentrate and mix it a little strong. You can put down seed a couple days later without any problems. I would personally wait until September though unless you have irrigation and can keep it wet.

[delcecchi]

Could one of those hose-end sprayers work? be a lot easier than a backpack sprayer.

Or, if you have a riding lawn mower, you could rig up a thing that drags a cloth wet with roundup along the ground, with the cloth in to a reservoir so it wicks more chemical as it goes.

[otterman91105]

It will have irrigation on the area. Thats what I'm looking for is the kind that you connect to the end of a hose where can you buy it?

[delcecchi]

It will have irrigation on the area. Thats what I'm looking for is the kind that you connect to the end of a hose where can you buy it?

Amazon has several to choose from, but your local big box store with a lawn and garden department probably also has them. Or a hardware store.

[otterman91105]

I ended up finding some at a big box store online. I'll post next week after i use it, i sure hope it works.

[fishersofmen]

I would personally avoid anything that you would hook up to the end of a hose that is a non-selective herbicide. I would think it would become very diluted. If you mix something like Round-Up in a tank you know exactly how strong it is and how well it will work without having to worry about it.

Maybe it would work fine I guess never done it before.

[delcecchi]

I would personally avoid anything that you would hook up to the end of a hose that is a non-selective herbicide. I would think it would become very diluted. If you mix something like Round-Up in a tank you know exactly how strong it is and how well it will work without having to worry about it.

Maybe it would work fine I guess never done it before.

The hose end sprayers are supposedly calibrated for dilution of what is in the canister to what comes out. So the directions should tell how much to use. My farmer buddy sprays a lot of ground with a few gallons of glyophosphate. Apparently doesn't take much.

[Tom7227]

I know you asked about killing off a large area but just a thought. Why? That's an awful lot of area to care for. If you seed it you're going to spend a lot of time and money getting it to grow, and a lot of time and money to maintain it.

Consider giving some thought to putting at least part of it into a native planting area. Places like Prairie Restorations can get you on the right path with a design and plants/seeds. It can cut way back on what you have to do and at the same time add a place for critters to flourish.

[delcecchi]

Half an acre is only 100 by 200 feet. My lawn in Rochester is almost that big. I maintain it by cutting it. On occasion I splurge on a bag of fertilizer at Fleet Farm.

[otterman91105]

Well i will be spraying the area tomorrow morning. If a half acre is only 100 x 200 this area is bigger then that. Trying to finish off my back yard and it's all weeds right know. So i'm going to kill it off have black dirt brought in and then seed it. The seed should be just fine cause i will have irrigation. Just hopping that the hose sprayer works, guess we will see.

[delcecchi]

An Acre is 43560 square feet which is a little more than 200 by 200.

Some GPS units, or probably phone apps, have a function where you walk around the area and it tells you how big it is.

[Surface Tension]

Thats a big area for a garden hose sprayer. Your bound to miss areas and over apply others.

I'd invest in a 26 gal broadcast sprayer. The 26 gal would work well on 1/2 acre. Now you can mix your product and apply it at a pretty accurate ratio. Either set it on a ATV or lawn trailer.

You'll be able to spray a 10' swath or spot spray.

The sprayer won't be a one time use and when it comes time to fert or apply weed killer you'll have exactly what you need.