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Old 10-05-2012, 08:29 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Christina Websell wrote:
Well I had hoped that it would rot down, when the digger made a heap of it,
but now it's just a huge amount of couch grass growing again in a 3 ft high
heapsigh
I guess growing courgettes in it are out of the plan now.


Not entirely. Spray it with dilute glyphosate (use the low end of
the recommendations), wait a week, and then plant them. Couch is
very sensitive to glyphosate.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.