<div dir="auto">Susan, How big is the area? Jil</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 8:11 PM Susan Gitlin <<a href="mailto:susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu">susan.mclaughlin@alumni.stanford.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi. Today I was at a property that is built on and into the edge of national forest land, outside of Waynesboro, VA. This property has some new buildings around which I noticed a bunch of stiltgrass. The forest land surrounding these buildings looked clean of any infestations.<div><br></div><div>I mentioned this to the property owner, and he was sincere in his interest in removing the Microstegium. I could not stay there to do the removal myself at the time, but I promised him I would send him information on how to do it.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the plant is now in seed, and all information that I have about stiltgrass recommends removal or weed whacking prior to seed development. That makes sense, of course, but what should I recommend to the property owner? </div><div>a) That he remove and bag it this year? Could that lead to additional spread of the seeds via shoes, bags, etc.? </div><div>b) Or should he wait until next year, thus allowing a thousand plants to release their seeds?</div><div><br></div><div>Please share your wisdom.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>--Susan</div></div>
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