[Mpls] Re: boulevard plantings

[Tim Bonham]

I would go with Chris, if you want to do something quickly, Sue.  The 
non-chemical ways will take much longer before you can have flowers in your 
Blvd, possibly not until next year.  If you want something there this 
summer (and there isn't that much of Minnesota summer left!), using 
Round-Up or similar is the way to go.  If you're worried about it washing 
into the sewer system, just have a tarp handy, to cover the area if it 
rains. You can even try just using a dark, light-interrupting tarp to kill 
the plants, but that too takes longer.  Do not spray with round-up and then 
cover with a tarp; the round-up takes much longer to break down if it isn't 
exposed to sunlight.

My mother recently did this on her 1-1/2 acre garden, where the weeds had a 
massive head start due to her knee replacement surgery.  Sprayed it all 
with Round-up, waited 7 days, tilled it, waited 3 more days, and then 
planted.  Seems to be doing fine.

I personally wouldn't want
to use something like Round-up on a boulevard because if it does rain, it is
gonna go straight into the storm sewers. Since meteorology in MN is largely
a crapshoot, you can't count on the local weather report for much.


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