RE: [gardeners] New listowner
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:27:48 -0600
What kind of tomatoes are you growing? On another list, a subject came up
you may be interested in. I'm sure you know that dried quackgrass is a
molluscicide. One woman said she raked black walnut leaves onto a patch of
quackgrass, and when she raked the leaves off, the quackgrass was gone. I
don't know whether it was dead or dormant and gone with the rake, but it
may be a way to control quackgrass. Worth trying, if you know of anyone
with walnut trees (English walnut trees have juglone too). Margaret L
> My current garden passions are hostas, daylilies, hardy geraniums,
>sedums and iris along with garlic and tomatoes. Quackgrass is the bane of
>my existence.
>
>I look forward to visiting with y'all more often now that the growing season
>is under way.
>
>Terry