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Can't say whether any other weedy species have that deceptive first year surge.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Brian Campbell <<a href="mailto:bmc@kinlochfarm.com" target="_blank">bmc@kinlochfarm.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi everyone,<br><br>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><br>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><br>Thanks to everyone who uses & contributes to this mailing list!<span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'>-- <br><b>Brian Campbell</b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="99%" noshade style='color:#909090' align=center></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.avast.com/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt="Avast logo"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3D4D5A'>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. <br><a href="http://www.avast.com/">www.avast.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>
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