[MAIPC] "alternative solution"

[Richard Gardner]

 There is always horticultural vinegar. It is especially effective on thistles.
    On Friday, September 14, 2018, 5:51:10 PM EDT, Milo Pyne <Milo_Pyne at natureserve.org> wrote:  
 
  
I have used a solution of white vinegar (1 gal.), dish soap (1 cup), and table salt (1 TBSP); warm the vinegar to dissolve the salt; add soap; spray on plants…
 
  
 
This is certainly less toxic (and less dangerous to operator and less expensive than commercial alternatives; not naming any names here…).
 
  
 
Works ONLY ON ANNUALS; but it works (I have tested on Microstegium and Kummerowia)
 
  
 
From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> On Behalf Ofmichelskm2016
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 5:16 PM
To: Susan Gitlin <susan.mclaughlin at alumni.stanford.edu>; Ben Fischler <brf57 at yahoo.com>
Cc: maipc at lists.maipc.org
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] weed whacker plastic
 
  
 
Thr stilt grass will bloom ans seed anyway no matter how low or often you cut it. Unless you pull it. We gave up on cutting - thr only solution is to  pull it- or if you really want  to whack those old fashioned metal corrugated hand whacker are efdeceive and oh so satisfying  as you swing it like a scythre  through the nasties. 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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From: Susan Gitlin <susan.mclaughlin at alumni.stanford.edu>
Date: 9/14/18 4:54 PM (GMT-05:00) 
To: Ben Fischler <brf57 at yahoo.com> 
Cc: maipc at lists.maipc.org 
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] weed whacker plastic 
 
Yes, I guess I should have mentioned that I realized that plastic was being spread all over.  But I wonder if you have discussed the ramifications of this.  I have land that I am trying to restore, and I live in a floodplain.  What are the ramifications for soil and water?
 
  
 
  
 
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Ben Fischler <brf57 at yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Little bits of plastic are spread over your landscape.
 
  
 
  
 
On ‎Friday‎, ‎September‎ ‎14‎, ‎2018‎ ‎04‎:‎22‎:‎55‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT, Susan Gitlin <susan.mclaughlin at alumni.stanford.edu> wrote: 
 
  
 
  
 
As I spend yet another afternoon whacking stiltgrass here in Rockbridge County, Virginia, I wonder about where all the plastic from my line is going.  Is this a topic that y'all have discussed?  
 
  
 
Thank you!
 
  
 
--Susan Gitlin
 
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