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Even the petrol doesn't work now. I've had to turn the kids play area over to beds 'cos the family is sooo big and I can't grow enough . But what do I do with the couch grass (99.99% of the plot)? I've heard of putting it in bin bags for 6 months then put in the compost but somehow I think 'she who must be obeyed' would not go for this... any ideas? ???

put it in a barrel of water and it will rot down, then use the water as liquid feed.
Warning - phew! :-X

ready for next growing season?  ;)

yep, should be ultra fetid by then! ;D
apparently the roots are full of Nurrishment :P

As long as you get it to totally dry out it makes great compost, they are full of loads of nutrients... I bag it up in compost sacks exclude the light and wait anything up to two years...
:o

I just sling it in the compost bin; it's never been one of the plants which survives that long in the dark.

cool, I think I might do both. I can get my hands on a drum with tap and can slip it in by the shed. But I think my Traditional Pallet compo bin will have to make way for a new plastic one to be able to exclude the light. :-[ and to take the amont I have. I've got a new one at home, but as our lottie is going decidedly 'upmarket' I liked the rustic look, the rebel I am ;D

we put everything in water, a real mixture, docks, nettles, mares tail, nothing survives for long and they all add something to the feed :)

It don't like the sun. Expose it if you can & it dies. Bit like Dracula.

I can sympathise with you - I have filled up one compost bin with the stuff (pallets) and am now on to either burning or black bagging it!  like all weeds - it contains nutrients so it'a a shame to dump it!

Louise

I burnt loads when I took over my new current plot last year. I still have a pile of it that has been sat there for 3 months now. It will sit there till weather is dry enough for me to burn it.

Quote from: telboy on November 04, 2006, 18:15:11
It don't like the sun. Expose it if you can & it dies. Bit like Dracula.

Apparently your Victorian Kitchen Gardener would use cooch roots laid out to dry in the killer sun for tying beans onto poles. Thrifty!

That suggests that Victorian head gardeners had more couch available in their gardens than they may have like to admit to!

Bet they had a couch grass boy who for the 1st year of is apprenticeship his job was to find couch grass. ;) ;D

Something else for the poor "potboy" to do on a cold wet day!
:'(

Quote from: froglegs on January 07, 2007, 10:09:41
Bet they had a couch grass boy who for the 1st year of is apprenticeship his job was to find couch grass. ;) ;D

trouble is I bet you're right! :'( ::)