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Post by cqmiller on Jul 14, 2006 7:13:08 GMT -6
Hey guys...our HC is trying to find something to put on the practice field to kill the grass where we want the lines to be. The current situation is that we have to repaint it every time the janitors mow the grass (at least once a week). The cost is starting to add up, having to buy all that paint.
Does anybody have any ideas (legal...gasoline & kerosene are off limits) of any products at a local Home Depot, or Lowe's, or wherever that has worked well for them?
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Post by saintrad on Jul 14, 2006 7:18:18 GMT -6
over fertilize the stripes. Heat and fertilizer w/o watering equals burnt lines.
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Post by brophy on Jul 14, 2006 7:32:39 GMT -6
what about bleach?
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Post by timtheenchanter on Jul 14, 2006 7:49:19 GMT -6
Bleach is going to be as bad on the kids as gas and diesel. The best way to do it is with vinegar. Organic, effective, cheap. Go to the store or garden supply and get pickling vinegar, which is 10%-20% strength. Any stronger and you have acetic acid, which you want to stay away from. This stuff is a topical herbicide and will do what you need and won't hurt the kids. Stay away from the herbicides from the chemical houses. They have some nasty stuff in them you don't really want or need to be exposed to. |
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Post by tog on Jul 14, 2006 9:38:25 GMT -6
how would you get in on the lines without slopping it all over the place?
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Post by gamedog on Jul 14, 2006 13:51:46 GMT -6
Same kinda sprayer you used to spray diesel with.
What about the old fashioned line cutter guys? Did they quit using that because of the groove it left?
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Post by coachjolly on Jul 14, 2006 14:32:13 GMT -6
Anytime we put a HEAVY amount of paint on the feild it burns the grass. I know that you are trying the save on paint, but it would work. Just go SLOOOOOOOOW while painting the lines. It will burn the grass where the paint is.
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Post by tribepride on Jul 14, 2006 17:32:00 GMT -6
There are chemicals made that will sterilize the ground for at least a year that are used on farms around buildings, fences, etc.
We just mow the line area shorter than that the rest of the field. Depending on rain fall you need to remow once or twice a week. Then you are out just the cost of gas. Which maybe higher than paint in a few months.
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Post by poweriguy on Jul 14, 2006 17:56:52 GMT -6
Mix a small amount or Roundup(avalible at any home center/hardware store) with the paint. Then apply the paint as you nomally would. It't wil kill the grass where the paint is. Plus Round Up has a re-entry time of 24 hours or less if I remeber correctly. So apply paint on a friday, and you should be good to go by monday. Many schools use that route in this area. Also you might want to talk to a grounds keeper or county farm adviser. They could give you maybe better ideas for your are and type of grass. Plus there are ground keeper message boards on the net you could post to.
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Post by wingtoc on Jul 14, 2006 18:26:27 GMT -6
we use amonia nitrate bags. it takes one time for the whole year and we borrow the baseball's line dropper.
hope that helps
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Post by timtheenchanter on Jul 15, 2006 8:29:48 GMT -6
Mix a small amount or Roundup(avalible at any home center/hardware store) with the paint. Then apply the paint as you nomally would. It't wil kill the grass where the paint is. Plus Round Up has a re-entry time of 24 hours or less if I remeber correctly. So apply paint on a friday, and you should be good to go by monday. Many schools use that route in this area. Also you might want to talk to a grounds keeper or county farm adviser. They could give you maybe better ideas for your are and type of grass. Plus there are ground keeper message boards on the net you could post to. You don't want to use roundup anywhere the kids are going to be. It is nasty stuff. The vinegar will do the same thing and you can apply it with the same pump sprayer you would use with diesel. The same goes for all of the professional herbicides. There are just better ways to get the same result. |
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Post by moose18 on Jul 15, 2006 8:34:26 GMT -6
i'm jealous of the fact that you guys have grass on your practice fields!!! Dust and pebbles is the way to go
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Post by airman on Jul 15, 2006 9:59:56 GMT -6
only thing I will tell you is this, if you kill the grass, be perpared for weeds to showup next year.
roundup is the best to kill grass. however you need to do it early in the spring when no one is on the field.
have you thought about thinning paint? you can thin white athletic field paint with water.
another method is to take a handmower, mow the grass at the bottom setting, just after the janitors have moved. paint your lines.
you keep mowing your lines at the lowest setting possible.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 15, 2006 11:50:40 GMT -6
Hey guys, what is wrong with using diesel? We burn our lines with diesel every year w/o any complications. Now we do spray the lines a week or so before the kids are on the field. You are right about painting the lines every week getting expensive. Also, you are right about expecting weeds where your lines were, thats why we spray our entire field for weeds each spring w/ a preemerge. You can also expect some lines to be dug out and will have to fill them in with sand.
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