[MAIPC] Garlic mustard disposal

[Tim Maywalt]

Carry hand pruners, hand pull and cut the stem below the seed heads. Leave
cut portion on forest floor - only bag seed heads. You can carry a lot
this way before it gets heavy.

Discard bagged seed heads as garbage.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:03 PM Mike Van Clef <mike.vanclef at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Similar idea avoiding trash bags is to remove the seed/flower heads from
> the pulled plant to assure that immature seeds cannot ripen.  Usually only
> in shady or damp conditions, nearly ripe seeds can ripen from a
> pulled plant. If too far along, then just bag the seed heads.
>
> -Mike
>
> Michael Van Clef, Ph.D.
> Stewardship Director, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
> Program Director, New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team
> Principal, Ecological Solutions, LLC
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>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:27 PM Stephen Hiltner <stevehiltner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> One idea, in order to avoid lots of bulky heavy bags of garlic mustard
>> that must be hauled away and tossed in the trash, is to have all volunteers
>> make one big pile of the pulled plants, preferably in a spot where the
>> seeds won't be washed into new locations. That way, if any seeds do mature,
>> they will be concentrated in one location, which will make subsequent
>> workdays easier. Not ideal, but better than generating loads of trash.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:31 PM Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Over a decade ago it was found that garlic mustard is one of the few
>>> invasive plants that will regrow if left in a pile.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Colleen
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>>> *Subject:* [MAIPC] Garlic mustard disposal
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>>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Does anyone have experience pulling garlic mustard and piling it on
>>> site? I am having a large volunteer event to pull it, and am limited in how
>>> much we can cart out. I'm hoping if we pile it up it will decompose and not
>>> reroot or spread. Has anyone had a positive or negative experience if not
>>> bagging and removing?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Colleen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Colleen Kenny
>>>
>>> Natural Resource Manager
>>>
>>> Upper Dublin Township Parks and Recreation Department
>>>
>>> 267-615-3731
>>>
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