Grass Growth

rubbledoubledo

Hi all.
Looking for some help here. I am not a farmer, but i have a strip of land rented. I use it for model airplanes. Im cutting this every week.

My question is can i spray some thing on it to kill the growth for the summer.
Like before they plough land they spray some thing on it to burn the grass.
This stuff they use i know it burns the grass that is all ready there, but would it prevent grass from growing say for 2 or 3 months.

I bought a small tractor and topper and now buying tractor diesel at 1.06 a litre.
Any help appreciated
Thanks

20silkcut

rubbledoubledo wrote: »

Hi all.
Looking for some help here. I am not a farmer, but i have a strip of land rented. I use it for model airplanes. Im cutting this every week.

My question is can i spray some thing on it to kill the growth for the summer.
Like before they plough land they spray some thing on it to burn the grass.
This stuff they use i know it burns the grass that is all ready there, but would it prevent grass from growing say for 2 or 3 months.

I bought a small tractor and topper and now buying tractor diesel at 1.06 a litre.
Any help appreciated
Thanks

back in early-ish June 2007 I sprayed 20 acres with round up. Then the heavens opened for two months solid . By the time it stopped raining in mid august the grass was just beginning to re-grow where I sprayed. But I could still rotivate it.
So judging by that : spray early June ,spray again in August. But then again those guidelines could be particular to that non summer of 2007.
But round-up is what you should be looking for. Takes a few days to kick in after spraying.

rubbledoubledo

Thanks for that silkcut.
The strip i have is 350 metre long by 20 metre wide.
Not sure whats that in acres.

I suppose the stronger the mix the better.

brian_t

rubbledoubledo wrote: »

The strip i have is 350 metre long by 20 metre wide.
Not sure whats that in acres.

7,000 square metres is equivalent to 1.73 acres

http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/convert_7000m2_to_acres