<div dir="ltr">Our experience is stiltgrass doesn't like deep shade which a dense patch of perilla creates. Same occurs under wood nettles and other very dense plants such as wineberry. Remove the perilla and stiltgrass will show up immediately. <div>Ann</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 12:01 PM James Remuzzi <<a href="mailto:james@sustainablesolutionsllc.net">james@sustainablesolutionsllc.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We also noticed this in the field Marc.<div><br></div><div>For whatever reason- Perrilla seems to outcompete JSG.</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#274e13"><b></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><b>James R. Remuzzi</b></font><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><b>President</b></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#274e13" size="2">c:202-746-1649</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#274e13" size="2">o:855-478-7824</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#274e13" size="2">f: 202-706-6063</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><img src="https://docs.google.com/a/sustainablesolutionsllc.net/uc?id=0Bynd-1KX8zwzOXhYczVrdHlDLTQ&export=download" width="200" height="60"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><a href="http://sustainablesolutionsllc.net" target="_blank"><b>sustainablesolutionsllc.net</b></a></font></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:37 AM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Microstegium versus Perilla<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I came across a huge mono-culture of Japanese stiltgrass about 25% of an acre. In the middle of the patch was a monoculture patch of Beefsteak mint about 15 feet x 20 feet with almost no stiltgrass. There were two other beefsteak patches about 5 x 10 feet with no Microstegium. Is this just one non-native invasive outcompeting another one? Or is there another possibility that could be explored? For example, reintroduce Mentha arvenis. Any potential biocontrol?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Marc Imlay, PhD<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Conservation biologist, <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Natural Places Committee<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_-994512996989564750gmail-m_-7051172010536785381DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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