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Re: Bermuda grass ok in compost?


On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:36:35 -0500 (CDT) Margaret M Daniels
<daniemm@mail.auburn.edu> writes:
> 
>   
>     No sooner had I gone out and gotten 10 bales of hay
>     consisting of bermuda and rye grasses did I read in
>     Jeavon's book "How to Grow More Vegetable" that bermuda
>     grass is a pernicious weed that will probably not be killed
>     in the decomposition process (I don't want to do "hot"
>     composting), and which will choke out other plants when it
>     resprouts after the compost is put in the planting bed.
>     Does anyone know if this only applies to the fresh grass,
>     so dried hay is O.K.? Would somehow "solarizing" the hay
>     help? I haven't yet learned how to do that properly.
>     Thanks!
>Peg
>daniemm@mail.auburn.edu

About 1/3 of my lawn is bermuda. When I mow the clippings all go into the
compost pile. I have never had a problem with it getting into the garden.
I suppose that if the grass were let go to seed before it was mowed, it
could happen. However, it is not that difficult to dig out small
invasions of the grass. It is slow to seed and spreads mainly by runners.
Personally I would not be afraid of it.

oldjohn@juno.com ( 20 miles east of Los Angeles)

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