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Does anyone have a good organic method for combating quackgrass?

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Does anyone have a good organic method for combating quackgrass?

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There are two good articles on control of quackgrass (Elytrigia repens in the United Kingdom called common couch). Jean Durval, an Agriculturist with the Bio-Action Agro-Environment Club has posted an excellent article http://www.organicagcentre.ca/Docs/Quackgrass_final_rev_JD.pdf on the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada websitehttp://www.organicagcentre.ca. Another good review on quackgrass control in organic crops is titled “The biology and non-chemical control of common couch [Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski]” by W. Bond, G. Davis, and R. J. Turner of Henry Doubleday Research Association at the Ryton Organic Gardens in Coventry, UK. Both articles indicate there is no “one method” for quackgrass control in organic crops and that control strategies depend on the farm. Durval discusses a short clean fallow with intensive tillage during July and August followed by a green manure crop and perseverance as keys

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