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  • From: "Golden Love" <goldenlove@cruzio.com>
  • To: "'permaculture'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] crabgrass eradication
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:04:16 -0700

Hello Dieter,

I think what you have is Bermuda Grass. Crabgrass does not have underground
rhizomes, if any at all. It is more like a bunch grass and has wider leaves
than the Bermuda Grass.

Golden Love
Love's Gardens
Creating and Maintaining Sustainable Urban Landscapes
California Licensed Contractor C27 363672
127 National St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone (831) 471-9100
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-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dieter Brand
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 6:42 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] crabgrass eradication

Steve,

I know that crabgrass goes dormant in fall and starts growing
again when the weather gets warm in the spring, but I was of
the opinion that it grows from the rhizomes, apart from
the seeds that is. I can't really proof this, but when digging
out rhizomes from my vegetable garden last March, the green
blades had only just shown above the surface, while a large
network of rhizomes reached at least 1 foot underground
with older pieces which had gone almost woody. It would
have been impossible for the rhizomes to grow in the few
warm days we had until March. And there is no reason
why the tiny seeds should germinate at a depth of a foot
or more. Perhaps, the difference can be explained by the
climate. We only occasionally have light nighttime frost
in the winter.

By the way, referring to an earlier post of yours, it is quite
easy to dig out crabgrass from loose garden soil if you
use a spading fork (if that is the term used in English, it is
called Grabgabel in German) to loosen the soil near the
crabgrass, then you can carefully pull the whole bundle
of rhizomes out of the ground at one go. Never use a spade.
A spade will cut the rhizomes into smaller pieces which will
each grow into a new rhizome.

Dieter Brand
Portugal







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