[MAIPC] Big Mystery

[frazmo]

Hi Marc,  I conjecture that the extraordinary rainfall of 2018 may have
benefited some plants and changed their behavior. That may be the case with
your honeysuckle. Similarly,  my personal observation is that the seed bank
of Garlic Mustard seems to have been stimulated with a lot of germination
this spring of first-year rosettes. Hopefully that may help our control
efforts in the longer run. Cheers,  Steve Young

On Sun, May 5, 2019, 7:39 AM Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:

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> *Big mystery. I noticed at Cherry Hill, and Little Paint Branch Park in PG
> county and Swann Park in Charles County that Japanese honeysuckle is about
> 5 times worse this year than last year. Volunteers can no longer remove it.
> We plan to come back in late fall or early winter. *
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