How long should I wait after Round Up?

[Moose-Hunter]

Howdy All...

In an attempt to reclaim my backyard, about a week ago, it got it's first taste of Killz All and Round Up. The weeds and what's left of the grass is now a nice shade of yellowish green and fading more and more each day. With a small portion of the original application in a crispy brown state.

1) How do I know when all the "grass" has met it's demise?

2) How long should I wait to do my scraping to remove the dead stuff?

3) What should I do to prep for either sod or seed and when should I apply either?

[Powerstroke]

I would say that within 2 weeks you can do your scraping. Once the ground has been scraped I would wait a week or two and spray again. This will kill any weed seeds that germinate in their new found sunshine. Once those have been zapped then I would say you would be safe to do any top dressing and grading to prepare for sod or seed.

I would get a "starter" fertilizer for the soil and make sure you have the ability to keep the area moist daily for at least 2-4weeks. If you don't have a way to water regularly then you shouldn't do any planting until mid to late August. I probably wouldn't recommend trying to grow anything right now. Even with sprinklers its hard to keep established lawns healthy right now.

[Moose-Hunter]

Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the info!!! I'll let the chemicals work a little longer and begin clearing sometime next week. After the first scrape, the lil' nasties will get a second dose of the killer cocktail. And plan for sod sometime in mid August.

More time to save a few sheckles for sod. Less impact on fishing time. A win-win!!!

THANKS!!!!

[Powerstroke]

I hear ya. I would love to do the same to my lawn. Its so bumpy and I know there are some poorly ground stumps buried under little soil. I spent most of the evening tuning my sprinkler system. fun fun

[LwnmwnMan2]

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I hear ya. I would love to do the same to my lawn. Its so bumpy and I know there are some poorly ground stumps buried under little soil. I spent most of the evening tuning my sprinkler system. fun fun

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I'm with you Powerstroke. The only time of the summer I get to work on my own yard, is when it's dry at all the other yards, basically the worst time of year to work on your yard.

I need to totally redo my own yard, but it'll be a year or two yet.

[Powerstroke]

Thae hard part is I'm starting to get tired of my half acre. Its kind of a handful for a firsttime homeowner. I would love to renovate it, but its so large I don't want to do it in sections. I'm afraid it will look like sections when its completed.

[LwnmwnMan2]

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Thae hard part is I'm starting to get tired of my half acre. Its kind of a handful for a firsttime homeowner. I would love to renovate it, but its so large I don't want to do it in sections. I'm afraid it will look like sections when its completed.

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Yeah, I actually have over 2 acres of just turf (own 16.5 acres between my property and the house next door that we rent out).

I could do it in sections, which is what we'll probably end up doing, since I don't know if I want to sink the $4-6k into the sprinkler at one time, plus the time to fill in all the holes, topdress and reseed the entire yard.

I'm VERY seriously of thinking of putting in about 3-4" of new dirt, then sodding the whole thing, now that we've gotten rid of about 60 trees on this 2 acres since my parents moved in 30 years ago.

The grass will actually get sunlight now.

[Powerstroke]

How ironic. I plan on adding 3-5 trees. My best looking turf is under the maples I have. The rest is more of a yellowy green, but green.

[Moose-Hunter]

Well... the chemicals did the job quite well. The Round up and Killz took care of EVERYTHING!! All My back yard is so dead/dry now that I'm a bit concerned with it being a fire hazard. I have yet to start the full scale reclaiming of my yard, however on the spots I "played" with, the old turf is coming up in dried "sheets"...

The scraping/filling will begin in a week or so after this heat wave passes...

So does anyone know where I can find 50 to 100 yards of relatively clean fill close to Cologne? I can move it and possibly load it as well... If you have lines on a pile of dirt, drop me a note... [YouNeedAuthorization] at yahoo

[luckey]

do a google search on "dirtfill" and you will find a site that may be just what you need.

[WaveWacker]

Get a hold of Chard Excavating (out of Belle Plaine??). I know they have some projects going around the Waconia area with possibly some fill to get rid of.