[MAIPC] "alternative solution"

[Ivmpartners2]

Keep in mind that once a solution is concocted and applied in this fashion, it is now a pesticide; although not one that has been tested nor approved. 

Rick Johnstone 

> On Sep 14, 2018, at 5:51 PM, 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 Of michelskm2016
> 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. 
>  
>  
>  
> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone
> 
> 
> -------- 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
> _______________________________________________
> MAIPC mailing list
> MAIPC at lists.maipc.org
> http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org
>  
> _______________________________________________
> MAIPC mailing list
> MAIPC at lists.maipc.org
> http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.maipc.org/pipermail/maipc-maipc.org/attachments/20180914/dbc3c630/attachment-0001.html>