Ive left black plastic over quack grass areas for several years & still it'll
grow
back within a month or two. the only way we remove it here is by hand. Ive
read
numerous accounts that a pig tractor does wonders for removing quack grass
but have
never seen it in operation. We make a great coffee substitute with quackgrass
roots, just dry them & grind them.. tastes remarkably like cafix. mIEKAL
Jerome Osentowski wrote:
> Rick, In replaceing glyposphates, we use two layer of clear plastic to
> solarize the quackgrass, which will come back through sheetmulch. We leave
> it on for a month, and have had good results. I have wiped out much of the
> quackgrass here and have only a few reserves ,that I manage as fodder for my
> rabbits. It is 18% protien, and the only green in good supply at this time.
> It also has many medicinal properties, helps with the prostate. So don't
> nuke all those weeds. jerome
> --
> Jerome Osentowski, Director
> Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute