To: "'permaculture'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] crabgrass eradication
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:46:53 -0700
Hi Dieter,
What you described is Bermuda Grass.
Golden
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From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dieter Brand
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:16 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] crabgrass eradication
Golden,
I wasn't sure about the correct English denomination. It is Quecken in
German. I think we probably have all three: crabgrass, Bermuda grass
and Kikuyu grass. The one that has spread most, which I called
crabgrass (but may be Bermuda grass), has extensive whitish rhizomes
underground which will turn brown and woody when old, runners on the
surface, green blades with a bluish taint and, if I have observed
correctly, tiny black seeds. I forgot, the rhizomes have nodes; if one
of these nodes stays in the soil, a new bundle of grass will grow
from it.