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  Posted by Fallow14 (U14637504) on Tuesday, 5th October 2010

  I have been to have a look at a possible new plot today but it is in quite a bad way. There is some bare soil which just needs the weeds pulling up really. But there is another part that is covered in grass and looks like it could be hard work which I don't mind. After chatting to the person who showed me around he suggested just digging this bit over but would this not just mean that the grass would grow through again eventually. Can anyone shed any light on this as I am a newbie?

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  Posted by Playingtimeaddedon (U14150224) on Tuesday, 5th October 2010

  I guess that it would depend on the type of grass.
  
  If it is couch grass, then yes, you would not get rid of it by just turning it over. Other grass should be OK to dig in.
  
  An alternative would be to skim it off, as if you were cutting turves, and stack it upside-down. That way the ground is left for digging and the turves will rot down and produce loam by next summer.
  
  

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  Posted by richardbees (U3432591) on Tuesday, 5th October 2010

  Excellent advice from Playing about stacking turves....'couch grass' has a tangle of thickish pure white roots whereas 'harmless' grass just has thin grey roots, perhaps you could ask the bloke who showed you around?
  
  It sounds far better than most plots we get described and I'd suggest you go for it!

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  Posted by Fallow14 (U14637504) on Tuesday, 5th October 2010

  It was just a quick visit so I didn't have too much time to look closely at the grass. I suppose with the bloke who showed me around saying just to dig it in then I presume he thinks it isn't couch grass. Will investigate further.

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  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Wednesday, 6th October 2010

  Isn't it marvelous that couch (twitch) grass and bindweed roots are so easy to see! Cheers, Tony.

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  Posted by farmerSteve (U2644680) on Wednesday, 6th October 2010

  if you take this plot I would strongly recomend you spray it over with roundup this will ensure that any couch is dead
  leave it for at least three weeks to ensure a kill a week longer if it gets sooler
  

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  Posted by richardbees (U3432591) on Wednesday, 6th October 2010

  Klefti
  
  Thanks for that as I'd forgotten...."twitch" is what my dad called it when growing up in Leicester but down South it's "couch grass".
  
  I think "bindweed" had another name?
  
  Richard

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