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I just use a weed flamer. This weather has been prefect for that.
Much better than mowing or spot spraying since it destroys any seed
pods as well.<br>
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I would never add salt to my soil. Road salt from winter is bad
enough. There are data that show a number of streams in western MD
become highly salinic (?) once the water levels drop in summer
causing the road salt to increase in concentration.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Regards,
Dewey Clark,
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Micromachining
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Dewey Clark
Club Naturalist
Co-District Manager (PA)
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
Maryland Master Naturalist</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/15/2018 9:29 AM, JANICE STEINER
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sans-serif; color: #333333;">I get the vinegar and soap, but
what function does the salt serve?</p>
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<blockquote type="cite">On September 15, 2018 at 7:04 AM Mark Frey
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:runcator@gmail.com"><runcator@gmail.com></a> wrote: <br>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:07 PM Milo Pyne <
<a href="mailto:Milo_Pyne@natureserve.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">Milo_Pyne@natureserve.org</a>>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal">I have used a
solution of white vinegar (1 gal.), dish soap (1 cup),
and table salt (1 TBSP); warm the vinegar to dissolve
the salt; add soap; spray on plants…</p>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal">This is certainly
less toxic (and less dangerous to operator and less
expensive than commercial alternatives; not naming any
names here…).</p>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal">Works ONLY ON
ANNUALS; but it works (I have tested on Microstegium
and Kummerowia)</p>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong>
MAIPC <<a
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target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>>
<strong>On Behalf Of </strong>michelskm2016<br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, September 14, 2018
5:16 PM<br>
<strong>To:</strong> Susan Gitlin <<a
href="mailto:susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>>;
Ben Fischler <<a href="mailto:brf57@yahoo.com"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">brf57@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<strong>Cc:</strong> <a
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<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [MAIPC] weed whacker
plastic</p>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal">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. </p>
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style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: #364f67;">Sent
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From: Susan Gitlin <<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" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">brf57@yahoo.com</a>> <br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org"
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Subject: Re: [MAIPC] weed whacker plastic </p>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal">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?</p>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal">On Fri, Sep 14,
2018 at 4:24 PM, Ben Fischler <<a
href="mailto:brf57@yahoo.com" target="_blank"
rel="noopener" moz-do-not-send="true">brf57@yahoo.com</a>>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family:
'Helvetica',sans-serif;">Little bits of
plastic are spread over your landscape.</span></p>
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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" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>>
wrote: </span></p>
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style="font-size: 10.0pt;
font-family:
'Helvetica',sans-serif; color:
#26282a;">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? </span></p>
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<p class="ox-eaa5e3e679-MsoNormal"><span
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#26282a;">Thank you!</span></p>
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style="font-size: 10.0pt;
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#26282a;">--Susan Gitlin</span></p>
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