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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?
  • Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 08:39:54 -0400

On 5/3/2011 at 8:37:09 AM, Thomas P Hurtgen wrote:
> What remedies are people using to rid garden plots of quack grass? A small
> infestation from last year has grown significantly this spring. Pulling it
> after a rain doesn't seem to make much of a difference after a couple weeks.
> Many thanks for all the helpful info on this list.

Oh, I wish I knew. On small plots, I dig by hand. On larger ones, I till and
re-till and
till again. I'm wondering if a fast-growing dense canopied crop like
buckwheat might help
after the tilling.

There was an ATTRA-funded study on the benefits of cardboard, but I haven't
seen the
actual results.

Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com






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