Pull one nutsedge weed from your lawn or garden, and nine more will come to the funeral. Nutsedge, also called nutgrass, is tough to control. And one of the worse things you can do is to pull it out of the ground. Former college horticulture professor, Debbie Flower, has some better ideas on how to control this wide-spread weed.
UC Davis Arboretum superintendent emeritus Warren Roberts tells us about a popular, fall-blooming Plant of the Week, the Michaelmas daisy.
It’s on episode 141 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Dave Wilson Nursery.  And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

Pictured:
Yellow Nutsedge, aka, Nutgrass

Links:
Smart Pots
Dave Wilson Nursery
UC Davis Arboretum
The New Garden Basics with Farmer Fred Newsletter
Solarization Tips
Garden Basics Podcast Ep. 24 “Soil Solarization Kills Weeds, Pests”
Sedgehammer
Nutsedge Control Info from:
Kansas St University
University of California Ag and Natural Resources
North Carolina State University
Purdue University
Weed Science Society of America
Beautiful but Deadly: Pokeweed

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