From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 8/1/24 19:36, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> My onion bed is empty except for the purslane I am using   
   >> for ground cover.  I am getting ready to re-seed it.   
   >>   
   >> I have my alfalfa meal ready to go.   
   >>   
   >> Do I first pull out the purslane or plow it under?   
   >>   
   >> And do I plow under the alfalfa under or just water   
   >> it in.  Package say I can just water it in, but your   
   >> advice?   
   >>   
   >> I plan in seeding new onions the last week of August.   
   >>   
   >> Many thanks,   
   >> -T   
   >   
   >    how big of an area?   
      
   10 feet long by 2 feet wide by 1-1/2 foot deep.   
   1/2 peat moss and 1/2 lake bottom silt.  I call   
   it a ground trough.   
      
   >   
   >    are you trying to control and reduce the purslane   
   > population?   
      
   No, I want it for ground cover.  And I occasionally eat it.   
   When it grows around my plants, it keep evaporation down too.   
      
   So plow it under?  It will have zero problem as it   
   reseeds itself on a massive scale.   
      
   >    in an arid climate you'll probably want the meal   
   > mixed in at least a little bit to keep it from drying   
   > out and blowing away.  keep the area moist enough to   
   > give the bacteria and fungi something to work with.   
   > also you will probably have to weed it again more   
   > than once the next month if you keep it moist enough.   
      
   Will do.   
      
   >    if you can smother the area with cardboard after   
   > removing the purslane then you shouldn't have any   
   > other sprouts until after you take the cardboard   
   > back up.  some people use black plastic or old   
   > carpeting or whatever else they can find but   
   > cardboard works pretty well as some oxygen does get   
   > through it.   
      
   Thank you   
   -T   
      
   >    songbird   
      
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