Horse poop is a terrible fertilizer because they (horses) only have 1 stomach (as opposed to cows who have 2). The seed of anything they eat is not killed when passing through their digestive system the way it is with cows, so horse poop usually contains crapload of weed seed.
So with that said, someone decided about 10 years ago to spread horse poop on a 1/4 acre area of our property. It was an area we used to garden on, but the soil had became poor and they thought the horse poop would help (doh!!). So long story short, this area is eat up with weeds that come back every year. The other bad part is that they germinate at different times all throughout the summer, so that means there is always an abundance of different weeds at different stages of growth all summer long. You can plow everything up, but then something else just pops up the following week.
Everyone told me initially just to use round-up but I wasn't crazy about using it on ground that I'd be eating out of. I turn-plow it every fall and try to do so in the summer to stay ahead of the weeds in hopes of keeping them from germinating, but they always get ahead of me.
I thought about repeatedly burning the area and then overseeding it with just grass or a cover crop. But, the lady at the co-op extension said that really wouldn't help, and that round-up is the only way. She said round-up goes away fast and doesn't pollute the ground.
Anybody got any other ideas, or should I just hit it with round-up and move on? Like I said earlier, I don't mind round-up except for using it on an area I'll be eating from.
My end goal for now is to get rid of the weeds and plant grass or a cover crop for now, with the hopes of using it as a garden again later on.
So with that said, someone decided about 10 years ago to spread horse poop on a 1/4 acre area of our property. It was an area we used to garden on, but the soil had became poor and they thought the horse poop would help (doh!!). So long story short, this area is eat up with weeds that come back every year. The other bad part is that they germinate at different times all throughout the summer, so that means there is always an abundance of different weeds at different stages of growth all summer long. You can plow everything up, but then something else just pops up the following week.
Everyone told me initially just to use round-up but I wasn't crazy about using it on ground that I'd be eating out of. I turn-plow it every fall and try to do so in the summer to stay ahead of the weeds in hopes of keeping them from germinating, but they always get ahead of me.
I thought about repeatedly burning the area and then overseeding it with just grass or a cover crop. But, the lady at the co-op extension said that really wouldn't help, and that round-up is the only way. She said round-up goes away fast and doesn't pollute the ground.
Anybody got any other ideas, or should I just hit it with round-up and move on? Like I said earlier, I don't mind round-up except for using it on an area I'll be eating from.
My end goal for now is to get rid of the weeds and plant grass or a cover crop for now, with the hopes of using it as a garden again later on.
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