[Arid_gardener] Nut Grass

[Dick]

Several years ago I used a chemical that thoroughly and completely killed 
Nut Sedge but don't remember what it was. After reading the warning label I 
was paranoid about using it.

However, I killed an outbreak at the Coop by sifting the root zone through 
1/2 inch screen and did the same at the Veterans hospital and got rid of 
that as well, simply by screening it. It is tremendous work but well worth 
the effort. I also killed a stand at a childrens day care center because I 
had misgivings about the chemical in a playground.

Any portion of a root joint will root.

Dick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo A. Martin" <leo at possi.org>
To: "Dick" <rkgross3 at cox.net>
Cc: <arid_gardener at cals.arizona.edu>; "Wayne Clonts" 
<wclonts at pmtambulance.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Arid_gardener] Nut Grass


> Continually pulling does work but it takes years and you have to do it
> every one or two weeks or you are set back.
>
> A landscaper friend told me there is a systemic specifically for nut
> grass. I can't remember the name. Roundup doesn't kill the tuber.
>
> Paint the systemic on just the nutgrass and avoid the other grass. After
> it dies down it will send up more shoots. Two or three applications will
> eventually kill the tuber and the nutgrass will be gone.
>
> Leo Martin
> Phoenix Arizona USA
>
>> A few years ago, 1995, I removed a heartily growing patch of nut grass
>> taking over wire grass and ancient Bermuda adjacent to the East side of
>> the building at the Cooperative Extension at 4341 East Broadway. I used 
>> my
>> own roto-tiller to turn the entire mass into dust and sifted every cubic
>> inch of soil to at least six inches to eight inches deep. Every bit of 
>> the
>> root mass was sifted through an 18x30 inch box with 1/2inch screen.. We
>> hauled many bushels of stolens to the dumpster while being subject to
>> ridicule from nearly every passerby. "You will never get rid of that
>> Grass.  Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
>>
>> We started planting warm climate plants immediately and for the first six
>> months or so, we pricked a blade of grass out here and there but I have
>> not seen a single blade of nut or bermuba grass in at least ten years.
>> Most veteran Gardeners will swear that you cannot get rid of either
>> without chemicals but we did so without a chemical of any kind. It may be
>> a lot of work but you have my word and testement that it can be
>> accomplished.
>>
>> It could be done with weed killers, I suppose, and I would have no
>> compunction about using them under different circumstances or in a
>> different local.
>>
>> Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
>> University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Wayne Clonts
>>   To: arid_gardener at CALS.arizona.edu
>>   Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:13 PM
>>   Subject: [Arid_gardener] Nut Grass
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Hello All:
>>
>>
>>
>>   I live in Gilbert, Arizona.  Two years ago I changed my front yard from
>> desert landscaping to Bermuda grass.  The first winter I successfully
>> planted annual rye.  This winter I planted perennial rye.  The rye came
>> in very well, but also so did a lot of nut grass.  What can I do?  Twice
>> I have gone through a pulled all the plugs of nut grass, but when I do
>> even more nut grass returns.  My nice lawn has made terrible turn.
>> Please help.  Thanks for you input.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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