[MAIPC] "alternative solution"

[JANICE STEINER]

I get the vinegar and soap, but what function does the salt serve?

 

> On September 15, 2018 at 7:04 AM Mark Frey <runcator at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Milo
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>     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. 
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>     Mark 
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>     On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:07 PM Milo Pyne < Milo_Pyne at natureserve.org mailto:Milo_Pyne at natureserve.org > wrote:
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> >         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 mailto: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 mailto:susan.mclaughlin at alumni.stanford.edu >; Ben Fischler <brf57 at yahoo.com mailto:brf57 at yahoo.com >
> >         Cc: maipc at lists.maipc.org mailto: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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> >         -------- Original message --------
> >         From: Susan Gitlin <susan.mclaughlin at alumni.stanford.edu mailto:susan.mclaughlin at alumni.stanford.edu >
> >         Date: 9/14/18 4:54 PM (GMT-05:00)
> >         To: Ben Fischler <brf57 at yahoo.com mailto:brf57 at yahoo.com >
> >         Cc: maipc at lists.maipc.org mailto: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 mailto: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 mailto: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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