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Old 25-11-13, 03:35 PM   #14
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Default Re: So I want to kill my lawn.......

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Originally Posted by Spank86 View Post
Grass isn't hard to kill.

standard weedkillers will do the job and they disperse in the soil so they won't harm anything that goes down later. I'd still cut it all down to as short as possible first though.


cutting it really short (scalping) will help to kill it a bit too, but why you would want to kill it first I don't know really, just cover it over with the topsoil n that will kill it anyway (no photosynthesis). the idea of seeding it would work, but it will take quite a while before the lawn is ready to be walked on. turfing it will get you a much quicker, but much more expensive way of doing it. if you are set on killing the grass first, see if you can get friendly with a local golf course and the greenkeepers and they MIGHT well be able to sort you out a bit of decent strong weed killer that'll kill everything (grass and weeds) and it'll be a helluva lot cheaper than stuff you'd get from a garden centre.
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