Show effective way to fight quack grass plow shallow in fall and drag frequently A single hard fought battle may cripple quack grass temporarily but victory comes from continual sniping and strut strategy egy rather than from heavy lighting fighting according to 11 B hartwig of the new york state college of agriculture tim the weed has fleshy creeping roots and when aliee roots are cut androv and covered with earth they sprout like so many potato ayes eyes in addition add lilon the plant grows growa seeds with these two ways of spreading quads aach grass glass maintains itself persistently once it Is seeded he fie explains the first move inove in the campaign Is to plow shallow in the fall the ground Is then drugged mid and the dragging Is repented repeated often enough to keep heel the green leaves from showing do not disk dask mr air flar twig warns for disking cuts and buries tile the root pieces an and only spreads the quack when the quack quachi Is dragged often enough and no leaves appear the plants have no opportunity port unity to store food and the continued drugging dragging helps starve and weaken the plants tile the exposure to sunshine also helps the starving process repeated dragg ings in the spring should weaken tile quack so a smother crop should complete the work nut but many persons rely too much on the smother crop without weakening the quack first lie fie says A little cultivation ti stimulates the lie quack and Is worse than none it Is tile the continuo continued work well timed time with a smother crop to complete the rout after the quack Is weakened that does the job |