[MAIPC] weed whacker plastic

[Susan Gitlin]

Hmmm.  If you all say that I'm just being a worry wart, it must be true.

And, yes, I'm taking down a lot of flowering Persicaria right now, but I
have no idea whether the  whacking will be effective.

Thank you!

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:53 PM, Rod Simmons <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>
wrote:

> Agreed!  Susan is one of our most diligent and caring of land stewards!
> Lucky to have her at EPA.
>
> If only we could get our elected (and otherwise) officials to care as much.
>
> I like Milo’s recipe for Microstegium, non-native Cirsium, and Kummerowia
> (one of my all time detested plants).  Throw in Persicaria  longiseta - the
> inexplicable, now-constant companion of Microstegium (almost as if Micro.
> morphs into a dicot along trails just to vex us).
>
> Also appreciate the R&R values of mechanically bludgeoning Micro. and
> other late season annuals with antique farm tools - good stuff!
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2018, at 8:35 PM, Jil Swearingen <jilswearingen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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