# How to slow grass growth

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-slow-grass-growth/833538>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 6, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-slow-grass-growth/833538 "2019-05-06T03:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-slow-grass-growth/833538/21 "2019-05-08T16:57:05Z")

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Pave it over with asphalt or concrete. That will slow it down, and cut way back on the mowing requirements.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-slow-grass-growth/833538/22 "2019-05-08T17:03:09Z")

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Search for the term “turfgrass management.” I know at least in the past there were some products golf courses used to try to slow grass growth on their fairways. I\* think\* they might have been some sort of glyphosate-based concoction. I have no idea how well they worked, whether they were ever available to the general public, or if they’re still even being made.

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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-slow-grass-growth/833538/23 "2019-05-13T11:34:03Z")

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Plant 50-75 year old maples, ash, and oaks. Very little grows underneath them. Let the leaves pile up in the fall for the winter winds to blow them into your neighbors’ yards.

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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-slow-grass-growth/833538/24 "2019-05-14T01:07:38Z")

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Put up a fence get a couple of sheep.

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