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?
are you trying to control and reduce the purslane population?
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.
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.
songbird
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.
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.
Will do.
Thank you
-T
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