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How you kill it depends on the weed. Some plants have their "life force" (for lack of a better word) underground and for others it is in the green part. You can shave grasses and a lot of creeping type weeds right to the ground and they will come back because their life force is underground. Most prairie natives that need to survive wildfires have this ability. Other plants (Jimson and Polk weeds) will die if you cut them to the ground.
I'm very cognizant of the chemicals I put on my lawn. I physically pull up some plants, like crabgrass and dandelion. For others, for the first attack I use 20 Mule Team Borax (10 oz) in 2 1/2 gallons of water. If that doesn't work I go to commercial broadleaf weed killer. I do not cover the whole lawn, I just spray the actual growing weeds using a tank sprayer.
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