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- From: "stonecirclefarm tds.net" <stonecirclefarm AT tds.net>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 08:19:45 -0500
Persistence, persistence, persistence. Quack grass rhizomes are at their weakest when the grass is about 6 to 8 inches tall. This is when the plant starts putting energy toward producing a seed head. Turn it under and repeated tillage with a field cultivator (a spring tooth harrow or similar) will drag rhizomes to the surface and/or to the edges of your field for removal. Follow this with a cover crop or a cash crop with a dense and quickly forming canopy (I grew pumpkins on a closer than normal spacing one year to good effect). It may take a few years to get quack under control but I find it easier to deal with than some other weeds (such as purslane, bindweed, Canadian thistle). There are some other recommendations on quack management here:
pages 23-25 of "Cover Crops on the Intensive Market Farm"
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2003/09/covercrop09final.pdf
-John
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[Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Thomas P Hurtgen, 05/03/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?, Ann Sherrington, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Richard Robinson, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Thomas P Hurtgen, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Richard Robinson, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Wiediger, Alison, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Rob Wallbridge, 05/03/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?, Richard Robinson, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Rob Wallbridge, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Wiediger, Alison, 05/03/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?, Beth Spaugh, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Richard Robinson, 05/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?,
Thomas P Hurtgen, 05/03/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Quack grass remedies?, stonecirclefarm tds.net, 05/03/2011
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