<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Johnny,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">That's a great idea! Tell us more about the size of the mesh screen you've found to work best for filtering out the tubers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 8:53 AM Randall, Johnny <<a href="mailto:jrandall@email.unc.edu">jrandall@email.unc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Ruth: Jil is unfortunately correct! We haven’t found a herbicide treatment that works very well.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">I recommend building a screening frame with the proper hardware cloth dimension for trapping tubers, but allowing soil to sift through. (I’m building some of these now for Ficaria verna diggings….) The only
thing you’re putting in the trash is vegetation and not heavy soil. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MAIPC <<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Jil Swearingen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 1, 2021 8:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ruth Douglas <<a href="mailto:cvilleruth@gmail.com" target="_blank">cvilleruth@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] Italian Arum<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">That plant is a monster. Italian arum is or was at the national arboretum (that's where I first got to know it about a decade ago). It's very hard to get rid of. It's best to dig plants up - you have to get
ALL the underground tubers and bag and dispose of the material in a landfill. You could leave it in the bags for a while to let it rot before disposal. It would be best to remove most of the soil in the area where the plants are, if that's a possibility. That
would help ensure removal of all tubers.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Here's a good fact sheet from the State of Washington.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/italian-arum" target="_blank">https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/italian-arum</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 8:33 AM Ruth Douglas <<a href="mailto:cvilleruth@gmail.com" target="_blank">cvilleruth@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Help! A well-meaning person or persons planted Italian arum (Arum italicum) an unknown number of years ago at my church, and it's been spreading. I've seen the Maryland info on this plant (<a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/nov-2015/" target="_blank">http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/nov-2015/</a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, no mention is made of tarping or laying black plastic on areas where it is spreading. Has anyone tried this, and if so, with what success? I know its underground structures can be fairly deep, but does that preclude use of this
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any advice is welcome.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></p>
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