<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I find stilt grass in full shade in the mid Atlantic region. It's dominance depends more on soil moisture and temps, anecdotally atleast .<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 23, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Kathi Mestayer <<a href="mailto:kwren@widomaker.com">kwren@widomaker.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>wow. Send some of your deer down our way....ours aren't eating the stiltgrass at all. And it's flourishing in full shade. Maybe that's just because it's so much hotter down here?<div>k</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Sep 23, 2013, at 12:37 PM, <<a href="mailto:rachel@fohvos.org">rachel@fohvos.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Hi Marc,</div><div>In forest habitats, Stiltgrass is usually controlled by shade cast by native seedlings, shrubs and small trees, as well as herbs and grasses. Most of these forms of plant life are browsed excessively, however...<br></div><div><br></div><div>In deer exclosures, jewelweed is a great control method. Is deer management an option on the preserve and adjacent parcels?<br></div><div><br></div><div>On a very limited basis, I have smothered the seeds with oak leaves removed from my driveway. I placed the leaves in a forest exclosure beneath a red maple canopy. This is feasible in garden-like situations.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Rachel<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rachel Mackow<br>Land Steward / NJISST Central Region Coordinator <br><br>Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space<br>P.O. Box 395, Pennington, NJ 08534<br>Tel: (609) 730-1560 Fax: (609) 730-1561<br><a href="http://www.fohvos.org/">http://www.fohvos.org</a>/</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Stiltgrass control<br>
From: Bruce Barbour <<a href="mailto:barbour@RCE.Rutgers.edu">barbour@RCE.Rutgers.edu</a>><br>
Date: Wed, September 04, 2013 10:42 am<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Marc,<br> I notice you did mention herbicides. Research has shown effectiveness of crabgrass pre-emergent herbicides on stiltgrass and, if the site warrants it, you can also kill stiltgrass with post emergent selective grass herbicides such as Poast and Fusilaide. Of course, depending on your state law and the material selected there may be a requirement to have the application done by a certified pesticide applicator.<br> Bruce<br> <divre class="moz-signature" cols="72">==================================================
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On 9/4/2013 8:00 AM, Marc Imlay wrote:<br> </divre></div> <blockquote cite="mid:3B.FD.16085.2C027225@smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com" type="cite"> <!--[if !mso]> <STYLE>
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</style> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><strong><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="214054011-04092013">How is Japanese Stiltgrass control going on in your park? </span></font></strong></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><strong><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="214054011-04092013"></span></font></strong> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><strong><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="214054011-04092013">This year I have had the ability to only remove all the Japanese Stiltgrass over 150 acres at the 200 acre Ruth B. Swann Park in Charles county, MD. We</span></font></strong><font size="2"><strong><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="3"> have removed all the stiltgrass every year since 200<span class="214054011-04092013">4</span>. It should be gone since the seed bank is supposed to be only 5 years. When I removed all the stiltgrass in the 200 acre Swann Park in the last decade stiltgrass was gone by the 5th year and almost gone by the 4th year.</font></strong></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2"><strong></strong></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="859451909-03092013"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong>So what has changed? Climate change is one answer. For the past few years in an open area at Swann Park I would remove all the stilt gras and beefsteak plant in July and come back in late August to remove late emergents. The amount of work in August was only 10% of the amount of work in July. Now it is an equal amount. In fact, I had to remove beefsteak plant 3 times to be sure I got late emergents. </strong></span></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong></strong></span></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong>Other explanations include deer movement and movement of stiltgrass down streams<span class="214054011-04092013">.</span> 90 % of the massive new populations that have sudenly apppeared at Swann Park are not near streams and not where people use the park. Deer may be more effective in bringing in stiltgrass since the areas contiguous with Swann Park are now covered with stiltgrass so it is easier to come in. So stiltgrass is probably moving in by deer and water from abundant sources from outside of the park. </strong></span></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong></strong></span></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="859451909-03092013"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong>In conclusion, we have three choices. We can apply for a large crew to join us to control stiltgrass<span class="214054011-04092013">.</span><span class="214054011-04092013"> </span></strong></span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong></strong></span></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong></strong></span></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong>Or we can give up. </strong></span></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="859451909-03092013"><strong></strong></span></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="859451909-03092013"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><strong>For a third choice <span class="214054011-04092013">please look for stiltgrass dying from leaf blight. M</span>y major concern about waiting for the leaf blight bio-control to become available years from now is stiltgrass moving in to the massive pristine areas of the <span class="214054011-04092013">200</span> acre <span class="214054011-04092013">p</span>ark. </strong><span class="214054011-04092013"><font size="2"> </font><font size="3"><strong>I found one such patch, about 10' x 20' in early September last year in the middle of Swann Park. I left the contiguous stiltgrass untreated slightly down the hill for about 20' and will check it out next week. If you find such a patch there are researchers that may be interested in looking at the patch. </strong></font></span></font></font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="859451909-03092013"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><span class="214054011-04092013"><span class="875282211-03092013"></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span><span class="890254509-29082013"><span><strong><span><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span>Marc Imlay, PhD <br> </span><span>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.</span></font></font></span><br> </strong></span></span></span></div></span></font></font></span></div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><span></span> </div> </font></font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://myhosting.com/" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #006699; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></span></a><span class="875282211-03092013"></span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"> </font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><span><span class="890254509-29082013"><span><strong></strong></span></span></span> </div> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><span></span> </div> <br> <br> <br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://myhosting.com/" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #006699; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span><part2.03080205.06000008@rce.rutgers.edu></span></span></a><br> <br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://myhosting.com/" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #006699; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span><part2.03080205.06000008@rce.rutgers.edu></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div> </span></div> </blockquote></div> <div class="WordSection1"> <div style="font-size:12pt;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> </div> <br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <br> <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
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