Johnson Grass

[jacca5]

Does anyone know of anything that can get rid of johnson grass but not harm my plants? This year johnson grass is the only weed in my garden. I weed the garden just about everyday but when you go out the next morning you can't even tell you have weeded. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Tutter]

We pulled it, and it never came back.

 

[Reinbeau]

I pull it all the time, but you've got to dig deep and get the roots. Any left will just resprout.

 

[Tutter]

That's true, you need to do a good job at it.

 

[1acrefarm]

After a couple years of pulling it and feeding it to the goats I no longer see any.

 

[jacca5]

I guess I'll just keep doing what I have been doing. I pull it by the small wagon loads and feed to our pigs. Thanks for the help.

 

[Grow 4 Food]

Follow suit with the others. The only addition is that I don't pull it I dig it up. Any part of root left will grow another plant. A good burn down in the fall and or spring will help the return also.

Hobby

 

[WeaselWrangler]

I'm engaged in the johnson grass war....the stuff is everywhere. In my garden proper, I dig out the above ground plant, then dig and sift for the rhizome. The other parts of my yard/property that has the stuff is in the process of pulling/digging and then running it through the ol' shredder and into a building compost pile that is not in the garden growing area. Yeah...it's a pain, but I figure that in time, the johnson grass will be gone from most areas and I will have some compost for future planting areas. I hope the compost pile heats up enough to kill the seeds....

 

[vfem]

One trick to weeding in general.... soak the soil good before pulling. Once the ground is wet it gives way to the weed's whole root so it doesn't come back.

I get every weed under the sun, I finally planted creeping jenny as ground cover to help choke out most of it. If I pull a little Jenny with the weed, that will always come right back!

Cut my weeding down 50% or more!