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Old 06-29-12, 02:29 PM   #3
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Just be sure you aren't pouring nearly boiling water on the grass because that will kill it. I use boiling water on weeds too kill them, it works well and seems to take away the fertility or something because nothing grows in that spot for quite awhile.
Boiling water will sterilize the soil. It kills off the living plants, the roots and rhizomes, the weed seeds, earthworms and insects, and almost all of the microbial life. But boiling water will also scald skin, so hopefully randen isn't letting his son play in a scalding sprinkler of death!
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