<div dir="auto">Susan, I don't think you're losing that much plastic from the whacker. I wouldn't worry about it. Jil</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 5:52 PM michelskm2016 <<a href="mailto:michelskm2016@gmail.com">michelskm2016@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>Thr stilt grass will bloom ans seed anyway no matter how low or often you cut it. Unless you pull it. We gave up on cutting - thr only solution is to pull it- or if you really want to whack those old fashioned metal corrugated hand whacker are efdeceive and oh so satisfying as you swing it like a scythre through the nasties. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="m_-4565053246556617558composer_signature"><div style="font-size:88%;color:#364f67" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Susan Gitlin <<a href="mailto:susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>> <br>Date: 9/14/18 4:54 PM (GMT-05:00) <br>To: Ben Fischler <<a href="mailto:brf57@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">brf57@yahoo.com</a>> <br>Cc: <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a> <br>Subject: Re: [MAIPC] weed whacker plastic <br><br><div dir="ltr">Yes, I guess I should have mentioned that I realized that plastic was being spread all over. But I wonder if you have discussed the ramifications of this. I have land that I am trying to restore, and I live in a floodplain. What are the ramifications for soil and water?<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Ben Fischler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brf57@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">brf57@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
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On Friday, September 14, 2018 04:22:55 PM EDT, Susan Gitlin <<a href="mailto:susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_-4565053246556617558m_-1522472629123286638ydpb9a418d0yiv3607121977"><div dir="ltr">As I spend yet another afternoon whacking stiltgrass here in Rockbridge County, Virginia, I wonder about where all the plastic from my line is going. Is this a topic that y'all have discussed? <div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>--Susan Gitlin</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><br></div>
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