-> Move to a new location. If you can't do that, you might have success by
-> planting a cover crop that will completely shade the affected area and leave
-> it in place for at least three years. Alternatively, you might be able to
-> find a fumigant that will kill most of the nut grass. I have been told that
-> lime can help, but in my experience it has not. Surface herbicides will
-> burn it back, but it will grow back from the nuts, which seem to come from
-> Hades.
->
-> Karl W.
->
-> > Nut Sedge may be the proper name. It's been more wet than usual here this
-> > year and patches have sprung up everywhere. The flower garden, the veggie
-> > garden and the yard. Trying not to kill everything around it and am
-> puzzled
-> > as to what might do the trick.
This thread is depressing. I've just recently discovered nut grass in my lawn. Never had it before.