After planting walnut
trees, watering, then mulching with
wood chips from an arborist, my 100' x 30'
berm or
hugel is covered in Datura stramonium (jimson weed, thorn
apple, devil's trumpet...). The plant has died back following the killing frost leaving an
excessive quantity of Datura leaves, vines,
roots and seed capsules.
To remedy the problem, I am considering spending the winter months gathering nearby dirt (by digging a dry
pond for
water infiltration) then using the subsoil from that depression to cover the billions of seeds. After depositing this subsoil (caliche) over the plant remains, I plan cover the "dirt" with
cardboard, followed by horse manure, branches, leaves and and other sheet composting material. By spring, I'd like to cover the sheet
compost with
local sacaton grass.
Anyone have better organic approach to get Datura stramonium under control without hauling it "away"?