[MAIPC] J stiltgrass seeds passing thru goats guts??

[Patrick D. Kelly]

 Goats...seems like a lot of trouble and $ for minimal results. Goats and grazing, like any IPM mechanical control has it's purposes and place depending on the circumstance but they are hardly the over-hyped silver bullet the mainstream focuses and fixates. At worst, goats are sometimes entrepreneur-driven virtue-signaling at the expense of more productive methods. In an ideal world ALL invasive control projects have input from a variety of expertise sources to develop an integrated plan. Unfortunately, this seldom occurs and results of contracted human Specialist/volunteer/financial resources can be marginal at best.

Patrick D. Kelly, Horticulturist

PDK Horticultural,LLC Phragmites and Invasive Plant Control Services

301 Hope Road

Centreville, Md 21617

443-262-2079 mobile

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    On Thursday, September 16, 2021, 07:03:43 PM EDT, Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:  
 
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It is not likely to work well but it is worth the try since stilt grass is so bad.  If they do eat the stilt grass we can come back for 3 years and see if the seed bank has been reduced from 5 to 4 years. Marc

  

From: Hamersky Business <william at skyhammer.com> 
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:10 PM
To: Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com>
Cc: William Hamersky <william at skyhammer.com>; maipc at lists.maipc.org; INVASIVES at LISTSERV.UMD.EDU; Vanessa Beauchamp <VBeauchamp at towson.edu>; Tancos, Matthew - ARS <matthew.tancos at usda.gov>
Subject: J stiltgrass seeds passing thru goats guts??

  

Hi All,

Just got a request from a colleague who is going to have goats take care of their J stiltgrass next week, here in the Charlottesville area.

  

 I have 2 questions:

1.   do goats actually eat stiltgrass?!

  

2. will the seeds pass through the goats' GI tract intact (pre-fertilized!) and ready for next year?

  

Thank you all!

  

Stay safe.

  

William Hamersky
Skyhammer
470 Taylors Gap Rd
Charlottesville, VA  22903

cel:  415. 516. 2560

william at skyhammer.com

“The Ash, having fibres tenacious and strong,
Teaches me firm resistance, to battle with wrong."
      Helen O. Hoyt



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