[permaculture-oceania] Would a thick mulch kill grass?

[Robyn Francis]

Hi Jedd - the choko success stories I know first hand are in frost free
areas in the subtropics - with a good wet season in summer it can really
take off - choko's a climber and lantana provides an ideal trellis. Robyn


On 27/8/06 10:28 PM, "jedd" <jedd at progsoc.org> wrote:

> On Sunday 27 August 2006 9:06 am, Robyn Francis wrote:
>  ] Havent heard of choko being used to smother out grass - it's been used to
>  ] smother lantana but takes a few years.
> 
>  Hi Robyn,
> 
>  I've had limited success with choko myself - the heat here last
>  year just killed it right back, which destroyed some of the myths
>  I'd heard about the stuff.  With the lantana-over-a-few-years thing,
>  was that in a temperate or sub-tropical climate - ie, did the vine
>  have to start from scratch in spring, or was it incremental?
> 
>  The numbers I've seen quoted on the size of these things in a single
>  season implies some pretty impressive credentials as far as area
>  shaded.  Do you think the problem would be the rate of growth,
>  or the ability to compete, or the %age of shade it casts?   Would a
>  high density grid of irrigated plants help, do you think?  I've not
>  had to deal with kikuyu anywhere, only couch and a few other
>  weeds (heliotrope, rhodes, and similarly less 'runny' plants) so I'm
>  definitely in speculative territory here.
> 
>  Jedd.
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