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Question i live in a mobile home and i would like to kill the grass around my home about a foot from the trailer and around my porch and deck in the back how can i do this? please help me
Answer You want to KILL the Grass... temporarily?
Some people would invest in a truckload of RoundUp, which would be very bad for a lot of things including you.
RoundUp is also expensive. And... it's not the cheapest way to do it. Plus, it is not effective.
I just want to make sure I get this right - permanent, and nothing?
To address this request in a way that will not damage God's earth, we consult ancient times.
Check the Wikipedia description of 'salting the earth':
which tells us this refers to and I quote 'the practice of spreading Salt on fields to make them incapable of being used for crop-growing. This was done in ancient times at the end of some wars as an extremely punitive scorched earth tactic.'
Wikipedia also reminds us: 'The Red Army also salted Soviet fields as a part of the scorched earth policy against the Nazi invasion. It was reported that when the Soviets reclaimed the territory, they were equally unable to use it.'
Salt (Sodium Chloride) reaches toxic levels dissolved in water. Sodium ions displace Phosphorus and Potassium in your garden. Plant roots take up Chloride ions and ship them around to all the leaves; there, they interrupt the manufacture of Chlorophyll, the roots suffer from severe dehydration, and it's Goodbye and Good Luck.
Acid loving plants are especially sensitive to Salt and are the first to kick any bucket around your trailer.
Salt will solve your problem here, my friend. Thanks for writing.
