On Aug 26, 2:42 pm, Kay Lancaster wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:34:37 -0700, raycruzer wrote:

Either way, you're probably in for several repeats before you're out of
quackgrass.

Your favorite twisting weeder hand tool may reduce the labor involved
in removing quackgrass. The twisting action works better than most
other tools for removing grasses of this type, including crabgrass and
bermudagrass.

That sort of thing usually fragments the stolons so you wind up with
8 million new little independent quackgrass plants instead of one big one

Crabgrass is a cinch to control.

Kay

That sort of thing usually fragments the stolons so you wind up with
8 million new little independent quackgrass plants instead of one big one

A weed twister, like the Ergonica product, grabs a big chunck of
roots, stolons and stems, and quickly lifts up these chuncks for easy
disposal. I've used it on many different types of grasses and it
works very well. Many others have claimed its effectiveness, as
well. Whatever stolons or roots that may be fragmented can also be
easily combed out of the soil with this tool.

Other tools may also help like forks or shovels, as suggested here
http://www.eagleheightsgardens.org/t...ckgrass.shtml:

"Your best choice for long term removal of grass:
Weeding by hand: while the soil is still nice and moist (i.e. early
spring) turn over a shovel-full of soil, break it up, and pull out all
the quack roots. Repeat. Try to find the Zen of it. This can be very
time consuming. Try to do a small area each time you work in your
plot."

Either way, pick your weapon and get to work, before the job gets even
bigger!

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