hey ya'll,
Was curious about something. My garden plot used to be an area that had some very hardy grass growing on it before we tilled it all up. This grass is so tough that you can cut your fingers on the blades of grass, and new shoots have almost like a needle-like point.
Any way this grass just keeps on growing between my plants and walking paths. I have a TON of live oak leaves--can I put these leaves all around my plants and walking paths to help with this? Will the leaves deter new growth cuz the sunlight isnÂ’t getting through? Or is this just a waste of my time. We keep pulling and tilling, but it keeps coming back.

oh yeah, all my tomato plants have flowers and one of my better boys has 2 little tomatoes the size of a super ball. woo-hoo...

I think the leaves would be great as mulch but I would chip them first.

Congratulations on your tomatoes (jealous emoticon inserted here ). Mine are still a figment of my imagination.

ugh! I was afraid someone was going to tell me to chip them up first. It is so dry here, it'll be such a dusty job. thanks...

If it's a really stubborn grass, it will probably grow right thru. Put a nice thick layer of newspaper under those leaves, or cardboard.

We have grass with long runners (we call it quack grass, or water grass) and it is very patient, growing runners til it can find a space to poke up thru.

What you have is commonly known as "saw grass", a very invasive grass species. The only way to keep this out of your garden is to dig out and remove all the roots there are. Simply covering the soil with shredded leaves will just make an environment that grass loves and it wil grow in leaps and bounds making removal even more difficult.