[MAIPC] re garlic mustard

[Risa Marmontello]

Absolutely !  If you cut the tops off or weed whack it will resprout with a vengeance !
And yes the roots get thicker and harder to pull.

Risa

Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 16, 2021, at 9:43 PM, Pia van de Venne <pia.parkprotector at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I am surprised that almost nobody has mentioned that cut off or broken garlic mustard grows back with roots that are 1-2 inches thick, long spreading roots that break off in the soil and when you miss the one side root which is 5 inch long it will grow again. 
>  Big and small plants will grow back into huge and big plants. When they have been pulled and broken twice the plant gets so large that you need a shovel to get it out..This year the GM is incredible here in Western PA.
> In our area we cannot leave the plants on the trail or on a log in a pile. Some of them will grow again. If you spread them out on a log or rock before they get seeds, they can dry up. and either bagged after that or just left in the woods on that log or rock.
> 
> Leaving bags with the entire pulled plants on the trail to pick up later is possible:: they will rot in the bag, or they dry up and the bag becomes lighter.
> 
> I also ask regular hikers to carry a couple of bags down the trail to the dumpster.
> We also put barrels on several trails for hikers to put their GM in. A couple of volunteer collects those every week. 
> Pia van de Venne
> 
> _______________________________________________
> MAIPC mailing list
> MAIPC at lists.maipc.org
> http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org