<div dir="ltr">In several instances--not on meadow restorations--I've observed that lambs quarters can grow very densely the first year after soil is disturbed, then largely disappear in subsequent years without any efforts to discourage it. Can't say whether any other weedy species have that deceptive first year surge.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Brian Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmc@kinlochfarm.com" target="_blank">bmc@kinlochfarm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi everyone,<br>
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I am in the process of converting some fescue pastures to native
wildflower/grass meadows. I use glyphosate to kill off each pasture
3 times (spring-autumn-spring) then seed it. I understand that
flushes of dormant weeds (foxtail, oxeye daisy) are common during
the meadow establishment. <br>
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Biennial thistles (e.g. bull thistle) are showing up in amazing
numbers following our 1st seeding. Should I devote as much energy as
possible to killing thistles in our native meadows or will they
decrease once the native plants get established?<br>
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<b>Brian Campbell</b><br>
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