[MAIPC] weed whacker plastic

[Jil Swearingen]

Susan, I don't think you're losing that much plastic from the whacker. I
wouldn't worry about it. Jil

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 5:52 PM michelskm2016 <michelskm2016 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> 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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