"Chris Owens" wrote in message
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Romy Beeck wrote:

Does anyone know how to get rid of quack grass? thank you

There are some truly AWFUL puns that spring to mind, but, I will
be a Good Girl. The best way is to pull it out by hand.
Water the area you'll be weeding the night before to loosen the
roots.

Chris Owens

I hate to think of all the hours that I spent in the garden and potato patch
digging out quack grass along with pulling other weeds when I was a kid. My
mother made me take along a bushel basket where I had to deposit my weeding
efforts. She knew that many of them such as quack grass or purslane could
resprout on top of the soil if wet weather arrived after they we dug/pulled
and left.

If you don't use a grass killer or RoundUp, it doesn't work completely to
pull it by hand. It's necessary to remove every piece of root, which can and
often do extend several feet beyond the plant(s). Use a spading fork to
loosen the soil enough to get every root, for any bit left can and will
sprout. Don't put quack grass plants and roots into the compost pile. They
grow like weed there! ;-)

John