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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass
  • Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:56:10 -0400


Our back lawn consists solely (or at least largely) of quack grass. I
cannot weed much (physical problems) so I cannot get rid of it by weeding.
That's been established.

I'd like to put a sizeable area of the back lawn back into use growing
food, but I must kill the quack grass first. I don't want to use RoundUp
if I have any choice whatsoever.

I don't plan to grow anything there this year; but I'd like to start
getting it into shape for next year. I can have the area plowed or tilled;
and then I can sow a cover crop.

Any recommendations for a cover crop that will out-compete quack grass?

We live in the Appalachians in Northern Pennsylvania, and have
comparatively cool summers, with nights often down into the 40s, if that's
relevant. The soil in that particular area isn't too bad as I've grown
things there before and added a lot of organic matter, but it is definitely
clay-based.

Thanks very much!

Pat
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