Organic Removal of Nutgrass

Nutgrass, purple sedge and nutsedge are all common names for the same invasive plant, Cyperus rotundus. Nutgrass propagates from seeds as well as from tubers that develop on underground stems known as rhizomes. The rhizomes spread horizontally at a depth of 8 to 14 inches. The tubers produce new nutgrass shoots. Each tuberous root has the energy to fill an area 10 feet in diameter with nutgrass plants. Removing them organically can be challenging, but it is also the alternative that makes the most sense to preserve your health and that of the planet.

Hoe
White vinegar
Corn gluten mean
Hydrogen peroxide

Instructions

- 1
  Pull nutgrass plants by hand or with a hoe before they grow five leaves, preventing any new tubers from forming. Continue to harvest and discard the plants consistently to deplete the tuberous root underground of the energy it needs to produce new shoots. Eventually, the tuber dies.
- 2
  Kill the nutgrass tubers in the middle of the summer by withholding water. Choose this option if no other plants that require irrigation are growing among the weeds.
- 3
  Drench the soil where the nutgrass is growing with household white vinegar. Pour enough of the product to reach the depth of the tubers and kill them.
- 4
  Spread 20 lbs. corn gluten meal per 1,000 square feet in mid-spring to kill the embryos of nutgrass seeds. Corn gluten meal is a natural pre-emergent herbicide. Irrigate the area after broadcasting the product to activate it. Repeat the application in subsequent years until the nutgrass is eradicated.
- 5
  Pour a bottle of hydrogen peroxide where nutgrass consistently appears. Nutgrass thrives in sites deprived of free oxygen -- anaerobic. The peroxide adds oxygen to the soil, making the environment unfriendly to the weed.

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