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silly billy
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Will couche grass compost?
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April 27, 2008, 17:40:48 »
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?
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tonybloke
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Re: Will couche grass compost?
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April 27, 2008, 17:48:49 »
probably not! either totally dry them out, or drown until mushy. then compost them.
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saddad
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Re: Will couche grass compost?
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April 27, 2008, 17:51:32 »
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...
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silly billy
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Re: Will couche grass compost?
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April 27, 2008, 18:13:31 »
Thanks for the replies.........how about if I sprayed it with glyphosphate then covered with polythene?
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Robert_Brenchley
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April 27, 2008, 19:25:26 »
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.
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