Why is NutSedge soooo Hard to Control?

Pulled Sedge Plants with roots

Sedge

If you’ve ever noticed that Sedge grass appears to multiple the more it is pulled up, you understand my frustration:  weeding it out of the garden area is nearly impossible!

Sedge has an extensive rhizome system that creates bulbous structures at the ends. When pulled, the bulbous structure often remains underground, and when isolated from the above ground leafy structures, that bulbous structure begins sending out even more rhizomes to create even more bulbs and above ground foliage. Continue reading