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<p class="MsoNormal">Point well taken… I have just done very limited areas in my yard…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Mark Frey <runcator@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 15, 2018 7:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Milo Pyne <Milo_Pyne@natureserve.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> michelskm2016@gmail.com; Susan Gitlin <susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu>; brf57@yahoo.com; maipc@lists.maipc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] "alternative solution"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm not sure I'd agree that your method is necessarily less toxic. Applying salt to the forest could create problems (salting the earth and all of that). You have developed a chemical solution that kills organisms; just because you bought
those chemicals at the grocery store instead of the hardware store doesn't mean they are necessarily safe. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:07 PM Milo Pyne <<a href="mailto:Milo_Pyne@natureserve.org">Milo_Pyne@natureserve.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This is certainly less toxic (and less dangerous to operator and less expensive than commercial alternatives; not naming any names here…).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Works ONLY ON ANNUALS; but it works (I have tested on Microstegium and Kummerowia)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>michelskm2016<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 14, 2018 5:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Susan Gitlin <<a href="mailto:susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu" target="_blank">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>>; Ben Fischler <<a href="mailto:brf57@yahoo.com" target="_blank">brf57@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] weed whacker plastic<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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From: Susan Gitlin <<a href="mailto:susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu" target="_blank">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>>
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Date: 9/14/18 4:54 PM (GMT-05:00) <br>
To: Ben Fischler <<a href="mailto:brf57@yahoo.com" target="_blank">brf57@yahoo.com</a>>
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Subject: Re: [MAIPC] weed whacker plastic <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Friday, September 14, 2018 04:22:55 PM EDT, Susan Gitlin <<a href="mailto:susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu" target="_blank">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>>
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