A Little Help Please

[Raider43]

You have your work cut out for you. Start out proper and clear the 5 foot area totally free of grass and weed roots. Use landscape fabric or news paper and then get hardwood mulch from any tree companies in the area which may have for free. Load on a 3 or 4 inch layer and you should be good for two or three years weed free. That will give the seedlings time to set their roots. Any weed or grass that does come up will be minor and easy to remove annually.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Just a bit dangerous to your pocketbook what with the price of propane today. We used the old flame cultivator on the farm back in the 60's when propane was about 15 cents a gallon with good results on grass in cotton, but they used a LOT of propane with the burners using 60 PSI gas pressure, they sucked a 200 gallon tank dry in 1/2 day or less and that was with a 2 row rig (2 burners per row). With propane about $2 a gallon or so now, probably not a good option unless nothing else will do.