<div dir="ltr">Related question: If one delays until the seeds are beginning to emerge from the stem, might they mature despite being mowed at that point?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 9:27 AM Mark Frey <<a href="mailto:runcator@gmail.com">runcator@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Agreed. You want to cut as close to flowering as possible. Now through mid September in DC.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 9:16 AM Randall, John L <<a href="mailto:jrandall@email.unc.edu" target="_blank">jrandall@email.unc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 27, 2018 9:07 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] Microstegium cutting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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