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

[Tim Maywalt]

Well said.

Goats are theater. They don't get the roots.

Use them to attract children, then educate the parents about effective and
affordable control techniques.

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:30 PM Patrick D. Kelly <
pkelly.licensetokill at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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>
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>
> Centreville, Md 21617
>
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>
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>
> On Thursday, September 16, 2021, 07:03:43 PM EDT, Marc Imlay <
> ialm at erols.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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