Topic: Will couche grass compost?

[silly billy]

I have been digging up masses of clumps of couche grass, knocking the soil off and placing them in my pallet compost bins.............will they compost down if I cover them with black polythene?

[tonybloke]

probably not! either totally dry them out, or drown until mushy. then compost them.

[saddad]

If you bag them up in old plastic compost sacks and exclude the light they make great compost but can take up to two years...
 ;D

[silly billy]

Thanks for the replies.........how about if I sprayed it with glyphosphate then covered with polythene?

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've been composting couch for years and never had any problems. I've never known it survive overwinter in a compost bin or under black plastic, as long as it hasn't got roots running through to anywhere there's light.