[MAIPC] "alternative solution"

[Mark Frey]

Milo

I'm not sure I'd agree that your method is necessarily less toxic. Applying
salt to the forest could create problems (salting the earth and all of
that). You have developed a chemical solution that kills organisms; just
because you bought those chemicals at the grocery store instead of the
hardware store doesn't mean they are necessarily safe.

Mark

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:07 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…
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> This is certainly less toxic (and less dangerous to operator and less
> expensive than commercial alternatives; not naming any names here…).
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> Works ONLY ON ANNUALS; but it works (I have tested on Microstegium and
> Kummerowia)
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> *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
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> 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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> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone
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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
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> 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?
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> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Ben Fischler <brf57 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Little bits of plastic are spread over your landscape.
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> On ‎Friday‎, ‎September‎ ‎14‎, ‎2018‎ ‎04‎:‎22‎:‎55‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT, Susan
> Gitlin <susan.mclaughlin at alumni.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Thank you!
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> --Susan Gitlin
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