On 17/1/05 17:20, in article , "Kay"
wrote:
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No, it does not fit the description of couch. The OP's description was
'long, very fine grass in quantity'. Couch in no way can be described as
'very fine', and I don't think it would have been described as 'in
quantity' - couch tends to throw up individual plantlets about an inch
apart, not a quantity of leaves.

It could just be lawn grass the seed of which has been washed into the bed
at some time. That's happened to me before now and it's a damned nuisance!
I imagine the OP could follow the Judith Lea method of dipping strong rubber
gloved hands into weedkiller and stroking it onto the offending plant, or
coating a poly bag with weedkiller and tying it over the plant very tightly.
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Sacha
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South Devon
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