Lawn Care

[CNS]

@dobber

The owner of my house prior to me loved them some lava rock rather than mulch in the planters around the house.  Rock, for some reason, loves it some crab grass(only place I have much of it at all is in these planters).  Can I torch that crap with something that will kill it without killing my moss rose, cone flower, rhododendron, hybiscus, knockout roses, mums, astors, silvia, rubeckia, gailardia, flocks, etc or do I need to actually pull weeds like every other night for the rest of my life(or at least until I get the time to replace the rock with something else)?

wow, lot going on here. Are you a townie? What kind of grass is growing around those beds?


Gonna win 'em all!

Fescue w some bluegrass.  Mostly fescue

[CNS]

Also, not townie

[slobber]

Gonna have to research a bit, may not respond until tomorrow night. Only got 3 hours of sleep last night and have a busy day planned tomorrow.


Gonna win 'em all!

[CNS]

No worries.  Don't go out of your way. I am going to GrassPad tomorrow anyway and can run it by them.  I may just weed this wknd anyway

[Frankenklein]

@dobber

The owner of my house prior to me loved them some lava rock rather than mulch in the planters around the house.  Rock, for some reason, loves it some crab grass(only place I have much of it at all is in these planters).  Can I torch that crap with something that will kill it without killing my moss rose, cone flower, rhododendron, hybiscus, knockout roses, mums, astors, silvia, rubeckia, gailardia, flocks, etc or do I need to actually pull weeds like every other night for the rest of my life(or at least until I get the time to replace the rock with something else)?

Try a product called Poast.You'll also need to apply it with some crop oil to make it stick.It might be hard to find it in smaller sized jugs so google the active chemical as it is available from other companies under diff names.Also I think established fescue it pretty resistant to it but just keep it of the grass you want just to be safe.As always READ THE LABEL before using

[CNS]

Crop oil sounds fake.  Is this a real thing?  Also, that sounds like more work than just weeding.  Is that more work than just weeding?

[Panjandrum]

yeah.  if you feel like playing around on a mini excavator and skid steer, then do it.  i would never do it by hand tho.

All right, I'll get this quoted through Angie's List, then.

I assume you are in kc?

Yes

[Frankenklein]

Crop oil sounds fake.  Is this a real thing?  Also, that sounds like more work than just weeding.  Is that more work than just weeding?

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1GGGE___US557US557&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=crop%20oil
If one of your friends called and said hey I need help pulling some crab grass would you go help? Well if you had some of this stuff you would be there in a jiffy and he would gladly let you drink all his beer.

[Skipper44]

Crop oil sounds fake.  Is this a real thing?  Also, that sounds like more work than just weeding.  Is that more work than just weeding?

with lava rock you should just get a Mini Dragon

proudly made in LaCrosse, KS!

it beats the crap out of weeding anyplace you are fairly certain you won't cause an out of control fire.  They are actually $10 cheaper on amazon than the company's site http://www.amazon.com/Red-Dragon-VT-1-32-Propane/dp/B002LH46M8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403812155&sr=8-2&keywords=weed+torch

[CNS]

Holy crap!  That is exactly what I need.  Buying it now.

[Skipper44]

Holy crap!  That is exactly what I need.  Buying it now.

they are freaking great - yard work doesn't get much better than eliminating weeds with your favorite yard beer in one hand and a 2000 degree flame in the other

[Emo EMAW]

Guys, I hate fescue.  Hate it. 

[CNS]

Guys, I hate fescue.  Hate it.

That is just crazy talk.

[Emo EMAW]

Guys, I hate fescue.  Hate it.

That is just crazy talk.

I mean I hate it like I hate how I still have to drive a car and don't have a hovercraft or something. 

[Dr Rick Daris]

Crop oil sounds fake.  Is this a real thing?  Also, that sounds like more work than just weeding.  Is that more work than just weeding?

with lava rock you should just get a Mini Dragon

proudly made in LaCrosse, KS!

it beats the crap out of weeding anyplace you are fairly certain you won't cause an out of control fire.  They are actually $10 cheaper on amazon than the company's site http://www.amazon.com/Red-Dragon-VT-1-32-Propane/dp/B002LH46M8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403812155&sr=8-2&keywords=weed+torch

do they make an electric one for @stevedave?

[CNS]

Secondary use: spider killer!

[star seed 7]

Secondary use: spider killer!

use these to melt ice on jobsites all the time

[Mr Bread]

Good for torture in a pinch. 

[steve dave]

Yeah guys, anything you would use fire for

[Tobias]

burning down heaters with the new yard crew

[Mr Bread]

Good for burning up the leftover hair from home haircuts.

[Cire]

my yard has these really green shoots of grass sticking up in some places.  what are those? They are much taller than the fescue.

[star seed 7]

my yard has these really green shoots of grass sticking up in some places.  what are those? They are much taller than the fescue.

where a dog pooped

[Cire]

no, definitely a weed that looks like grass but grows tall and looks way out of place.

[Asteriskhead]

burning down heaters with the new yard crew

you could light up a whole pack of heaters at once with that thing.