What Vegetable Can Grow in Quack Grass

Cucumbers, Pumpkins and Squash

• One of the most common ways to control quackgrass and have a successful garden is to grow plants in the Cucurbitaceae family. Plants in the cucurbitaceae family are known for climbing and creeping, rising above and spreading over weed barriers. Cucurbitaceae plants include cucumbers, pumpkins, melons and squash. Because their roots grow in the topsoil, cucurbits can grow without being choked by quackgrass.

Sorghum

• Sorghum, a grain used to make molasses, biofuel and alcohol, is able to grow alongside quackgrass and help eliminate it after a few plantings. Sorghum can grow in quackgrass because it grows tall, blocking sunlight that helps quackgrass grow rapidly. When planted with rye and buckwheat, sorghum helps compost the soil, eventually choking out quackgrass. Sorghum grows best in warmer climates.

Potatoes and Carrots

• Potatoes and carrots -- both root vegetables -- are strong plants that can grow in quackgrass. The key to successfully growing root vegetables in quackgrass is to seed them deep enough so they escape quackgrass rhizomes above them. By doing so, potatoes and carrots also are commonly not affected by measures to remove quackgrass, such as pulling up the plants and applying pesticides.

Green Beans and Corn

• Because corn grows tall and will overshadow quackgrass, it can survive among the invasive weed. Green beans are also productive among quackgrass. Depending on the amount of quackgrass present, corn and green bean stalks may still fall prey to quackgrass negative alleopaths, causing stunted growth in some plants. When planting corn and green beans in the presence of quackgrass, it is important to reduce or eliminate tilling before or during the growing season. This will contain quackgrass rhizomes, preventing them from spreading to other areas of the soil.