[Arid_gardener] Gardening question

[Chris Trask]

     The question of eradicating nutgrass came up here recently.  There were some suggestions of herbicides, but these might not be compatible with growing flowers.  I resorted to digging the nutgrass out, which requires digging down to as much as a foot so as to remove the root nodes.  This is a bit of labour at first, and the nutgrass will try to regenerate from root nodes that were missed, but within a short period of time the nutgrass failed to reappear.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Christine Davis <cdavis at dessaules.com>
>Sent: Oct 30, 2006 9:50 AM
>To: arid_gardener at CALS.arizona.edu
>Subject: [Arid_gardener] Gardening question
>
>Hello, I'm a new gardener, just trying to maintain a couple of flower beds.
>But I am being inundated with what I'm told is "nutgrass."  Is there an
>effective way to deal with it, short of covering the beds with plastic for a
>couple of seasons?  I hate to forego my flowers.
>
>Thanks,
>Christine
>
>
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Chris Trask
Outings Leader, Sierra Club (1981-1991)
Palo Verde Group Outings Chair, Sierra Club (1985-1988)
Grand Canyon Chapter Outings Chair, Sierra Club (1988-1991)
Member, Arizona Native Plant Society
Member, Arizona Governor's Advisory Council on Invasive Species
Member, Central Arizona Weed Management Area