Johnson grass seeds
Edna M Weigel (eweigel@juno.com)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 17:17:22 -0700
Dear SANETers:
We have the misfortune of having Johnson grass naturalized along
roadsides in our area. I succeeded in killing out a small patch in my
chicken yard by persistent digging and shading with black plastic. Along
the road, we have several larger patches. I cut the flowers and seed
heads off the patches upwind from our garden area before I cut the stalks
near the ground to make sure they don't re-bloom again this summer. Now
I have a pillow case of flowers and seeds and there is plenty more
available.
I don't want to chance putting this stuff in my compost but hate
to send biodegradeable material to the landfill. I assume it would make
good chicken feed IF I can make sure any stray seeds won't sprout. I
plan to let it dry and then put it into the solar oven on a nice sunny
day to bake it. (Or maybe even put it into our propane oven sometime when
I'm making biscuits or cookies.) Does anyone out there know how high a
temperature for how long would make sure NONE of it is left viable?
If this turns out to be reasonably easy to accomplish, I might
make it a point to harvest the rest of the seeds on our property for
"free" chicken feed rather than take up garden space growing corn and
sorghum.
Hope someone can help.
Regards, Edna
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