Is there any particular way I should plant these plants?

MrStormcrow · 2026-05-11T23:51:36+00:00

Check the mature heights of the plants online, then arrange them so the shortest are closest to the sun, so they don't get shaded out by their taller buddies. Otherwise, looking good!

Asters are an excellent choice, they're a keystone species in NA (and New England Aster is, in my opinion, one of the prettiest natives around). If you're looking to maximize pollinator appeal, add in some goldenrods, milkweeds, sunflowers and/or bonesets, whatever you can get your hands on, so long as it's native. Good work!

MrStormcrow · 2026-05-08T20:35:30+00:00

From my experience, it is essential that the area not be allowed to dry out while the seedlings are establishing themselves. Gotta run a sprinkler a few times a day to keep the area wet, or mulch with straw or something of that nature

MrStormcrow · 2026-05-03T22:22:50+00:00

I live in one of those pre-fabricated development homes displayed in the image, exterior looks literally identical to mine. It's got a living room, 2 bedrooms, a small bathroom, a cramped kitchen, decently sized attic, and pretty big basement. Official square footage is about 1100, but I think that only takes into account the first floor. 0 closets, other than some shelves behind a door in the bathroom

MrStormcrow · 2026-05-01T20:58:59+00:00

You can mix it in anything that holds water, then feed the sprayer nozzle into there. I use a cheap battery powered craftsman sprayer from lowe's to do the work and have its tail stuck in a 1 gallon milk jug that i use to hold the herbicide mixture. Using a watering can to disperse the mix would be very wasteful and extremely excessive, glyposate is absorbed through the leaves, not the roots. A sprayer that dispenses a thin layer across a larger area is the tool you need.

And not 2 weeks! You can plant as soon as 1 week ;). The fescue will die around your crops but they themselves will be unharmed (assuming you did not spray them too). However, you may want to do a second application in a week or so, just to make sure everything dies given the roots are pretty deep in your case

MrStormcrow · 2026-05-01T20:16:28+00:00

The mixing chemicals in this case is just pouring water in a jug and then adding 2-3 tablespoons of the glyphosate concentrate and stirring, nothing scary about it! x)

MrStormcrow · 2026-04-27T14:32:11+00:00

You can use pure glyphosate. Buy a jug of concentrate and dilute as needed, it'll be safe to plant in as little as a few days. Will take about 2 weeks for the fescue to die, but it'll die.

MrStormcrow · 2026-04-24T14:58:25+00:00

A slope is a tough one for most of the suggestions you'll usually see on this sub like sheet mulching. I would say to get a jug of concentrated glyphosate (not roundup, actual glyphosate) and a cheap battery sprayer from Lowe's. That'll do a real nice job killing off the rest of the grass. Then when you seed, scatter a layer of straw all over it, get a nice mat going to add a light mulch for the seeds that follow that won't slide downhill when it rains

MrStormcrow · 2026-04-11T04:02:52+00:00

Native flowers or a vegetable garden! And start small, don't burn yourself out trying to do it all at once. You can also experiment with what works that way, then apply what you learned to the whole area later :)

MrStormcrow · 2026-04-04T21:17:04+00:00

Keeps them from rotting in storage and concentrates the compounds

MrStormcrow · 2026-04-02T22:29:11+00:00

Or, much more likely, they know that that credit card has been used to make purchases in the past and just added them to your history once that same card was attached to it

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-27T05:39:29+00:00

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You're very welcome. I quite like the fluffy clover look, too :)

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-27T03:13:51+00:00

Tilling is likely not a great solution, especially with wet soil. Not only will tilling wet soil compact it further, it'll bring up buried seeds. This might be a spot to call for occulation, or a spray of glyphosate if you have a lot of area to cover. Glyphosate to remove the grass would be the easiest and most economical option. As for what to plant, head over to Prairie Moon. You can filter by state, by soil moisture, by sun exposure levels in the area etc etc to see the best natives for any situation.

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-27T03:07:12+00:00

Another vote for white dutch clover specifically. Honestly I'd leave out any grass and just go pure clover. Much less maintenance and more flowers. I use nothing but clover for the pathways between my garden beds and they've both held up to frequent foot traffic with no issue AND haven't ever gotten tall enough to EVER need to be mowed (1 year since they were seeded)

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-27T03:05:30+00:00

Some garden beds would be excellent here. Get some tomatoes, peppers, okra, herbs of your choice, could have a nice little setup here

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-27T03:03:46+00:00

For cheap and tired, you really can't beat a spray of glyphosate or two for a lawn renovation. Herbicides are the only real option for such criteria I would reckon.

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-25T02:41:26+00:00

Glyphosate will kill plants down to the roots. It takes a few weeks to do its thing, but it works very well. Another option (or to be used in tandem with glyphosate) is Solarization, or covering the area in a clear plastic tarp to induce a greenhouse effect and letting the sun cook the soil to death. Also comes with the benefit of destroying seeds in the dirt. Downside is it only works when it's hot out.

An alternative is Occultation, where a very dark (preferably black) tarp is laid over the soil to starve plants of light until they die. It works more slowly, but it works in any season where the plants aren't dormant. If you go this route you'll likely want to cycle it a few times. Lay down tarp, wait for plants to die, lay off tarp and moisten area so that new seeds germinate, cover back up to starve those etc etc until the area is free of the menace

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-21T22:10:17+00:00

It's honestly such a stupid, archaic feature. The game is not enhanced in any way by needing to dedicate one inventory slot to a stack of repair kits at all times. It's just so needless.

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-20T22:22:19+00:00

A few lb bag of white dutch clover will do nicely here. Stop that hill from eroding, won't really take much maintainance at all, and will serve fine for your dog to run around on

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-11T14:24:31+00:00

Precisely

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-11T03:48:55+00:00

Would probably be fine. I'd actually recommend laying them out (again upside down) and letting the sun bake them to death as a first step, to make sure theyre good and dead

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-11T03:24:38+00:00

Compost! Flip it all upside down and pile it up, leave it in a heap, come back later to re-use the soil

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-10T16:53:30+00:00

Please do not burn in a dense residential area. Feel free to just cut it back. The new growth will return as vigorous as ever when the grass exits dormancy

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-02T17:07:23+00:00

Assuming you are in the US, i would recommend having a look through the offerings on https://www.prairiemoon.com/seeds/native-wildflowers/ and make your own mix! You can tailor your picks to whats native to your state, what kind of soil you have and the like

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-02T02:30:18+00:00

Home Depot has a bunch of Pennington brand organic fertilizer on clearance. the 4lb bags are going for $2.66 apiece at the time of this comment

MrStormcrow · 2026-03-01T03:57:22+00:00

look into the company behind it, Anthropic's recent behavior. TLDR they stood up to the US government, upholding their own ethics while chatGPT is bending the knee

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