Every time I use straw to mulch my garden, it gets loaded with sprouted wheat, whose roots grow deep so fast that I am unable to pull it all. I never remember this happening when I lived up North--is the wheat harvested differently in the South? It takes me years to remove the ever sprouting wheat from my garden. I've recently tried it again after not using it for over 20 years. I used old straw that we used in our dog's house the previous winter, believing that the remaining grain would have fallen from the seed heads. Boy was I wrong! I have spent hours an hours pulling wheat from my garden yet again, defeating the no-weeding goal. Am I doing something wrong? Digging wheat out in over 100 degree heat is getting old. Help!
Every time I use straw to mulch my garden, it gets loaded with sprouted wheat, whose roots grow deep so fast that I am unable to pull it all. I never remember this happening when I lived up North--is the wheat harvested differently in the South? It takes me years to remove the ever sprouting wheat from my garden. I've recently tried it again after not using it for over 20 years. I used old straw that we used in our dog's house the previous winter, believing that the remaining grain would have fallen from the seed heads. Boy was I wrong! I have spent hours an hours pulling wheat from my garden yet again, defeating the no-weeding goal. Am I doing something wrong? Digging wheat out in over 100 degree heat is getting old. Help!