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Little-TON - Colorado

As a side dressing........OR composted separately......

In my gardening dayZ...I always used my lawn clippings as a side dressing to keep out all weeds and bring in the worms.....

IZ thiZ a WiZe thing to do under pumpkinZ.....??

6/22/2009 9:20:42 AM

ipswich, ma usa

Ohhhh different question......:)

6/22/2009 9:43:19 AM

Rhode Island

wizzer
you can smoke some and it wont hurt your plants ---lol, but id be carefull packing it fresh around your plants. could be inviting disease as it decomposes.
i would not do it.

6/22/2009 10:49:23 AM

Wi

I've seen grass clippings used in 2 patches. Both those patches are no longer in use due to disease.

6/22/2009 12:21:05 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

Thing with fresh grass is it gets got real hot. it has burnt a few of my plants but i use it.

Is free cools the soil down after it heats it upm lol

6/22/2009 2:52:41 PM

Oklahoma State Record Holder

No don't smoke it anymore.

6/22/2009 8:49:29 PM

Greenville,Pa.

WiZ, using grass clippings WILL keep the weeds down. They DO heat up. Don't know about the disease problems. But the main reason I quit using them is they matt down. And when it does rain, the rain runs off instead of soaking down.
You are much better off composting the clippings then adding them to your patch in the fall and tilling them in.

6/23/2009 7:36:24 AM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I found that if you use grass clippings as a thin mulch, they can hold in moisture and supress weeds. If you spread the clippings out and let them dry before applying them they won't heat up so much and burn the plants. They may get moldy, which could be a problem. This year I am using grass clippings on a patch that was pumpkins last year, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants this year. They will get tilled in this fall for organic matter.

6/23/2009 7:50:11 AM

[email protected]

Beer. It's cheaper, doesn't smell (much) & legal.

6/23/2009 9:39:19 AM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

lmao tremor

6/23/2009 9:41:33 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Thanks all for the comments.....Ill tell BiZ to stop using grass around hiZ plantZ so when they start getting weird diseases he will know what cauZed it........BIZ!

6/24/2009 12:14:57 PM