I need to find out a way to get rid of Johnson Grass in a yard without using chemicals. Have tried pulling it out when it is young and when it is grown tall. Nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Johnsongrass is one of the most difficult weeds to get rid of that I have dealt with. It has rhizomes that grow very deeply (12-15 inches in my experience). The only way I have found is to dig it completely out, because any little piece of the rhizome left in the ground will sprout a new plant. I have heard that if you keep mowing it short it will die out, but I haven't found that to be the case. We have a field with lots of it. There is a native grass also growing in that field which seems to choke it out, but I haven't been able to ID it, and I wouldn't recommend it as a turf anyway. The locals call it "wire grass".