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that if you just cut off the flowering head off GM, then buds in the remaining leaf axils will be released from inhibition and will go ahead and make flowers, etc. You are better off taking off the entire stem.</div><div><br></div><div>These plants have so many ways of perpetuating the species it's amazing!</div><div><br></div><div>Ruth Douglas<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:46 PM Jil Swearingen <<a href="mailto:jilswearingen@gmail.com">jilswearingen@gmail.com</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"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">I agree with the other's and suggest also that if you pull the entire plant and pile it up, whether it has viable seeds or not, piling it up concentrates the plants in one spot where it can be tended to on future visits. I often pull GM plants and lay them in a nearby well traveled path because they will be trodden upon even if they do germinate. This has been very successful. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 6:47 PM Tim Maywalt <<a href="mailto:temaywalt@gmail.com" target="_blank">temaywalt@gmail.com</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"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Carry hand pruners, hand pull and cut the stem below the seed heads. Leave cut portion on forest floor - only bag seed heads. You can carry a lot this way before it gets heavy.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Discard bagged seed heads as garbage.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:03 PM Mike Van Clef <<a href="mailto:mike.vanclef@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.vanclef@gmail.com</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"><div dir="ltr">Similar idea avoiding trash bags is to remove the seed/flower heads from the pulled plant to assure that immature seeds cannot ripen. Usually only in shady or damp conditions, nearly ripe seeds can ripen from a pulled plant. If too far along, then just bag the seed heads.<div><br></div><div>-Mike</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Michael Van Clef, Ph.D.<div>Stewardship Director, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space</div><div>Program Director, New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team</div><div>Principal, Ecological Solutions, LLC</div><div><br></div><div>Office: 609-730-1560</div><div>Mobile: 908-528-6674</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:27 PM Stephen Hiltner <<a href="mailto:stevehiltner@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevehiltner@gmail.com</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"><div dir="ltr">One idea, in order to avoid lots of bulky heavy bags of garlic mustard that must be hauled away and tossed in the trash, is to have all volunteers make one big pile of the pulled plants, preferably in a spot where the seeds won't be washed into new locations. That way, if any seeds do mature, they will be concentrated in one location, which will make subsequent workdays easier. Not ideal, but better than generating loads of trash.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:31 PM 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:1px solid 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">Over a decade ago it was found that garlic mustard is one of the few invasive plants that will regrow if left in a pile. <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">Marc<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><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>Kenny, Colleen<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] Garlic mustard disposal<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Hello everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Does anyone have experience pulling garlic mustard and piling it on site? I am having a large volunteer event to pull it, and am limited in how much we can cart out. I'm hoping if we pile it up it will decompose and not reroot or spread. Has anyone had a positive or negative experience if not bagging and removing?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Colleen<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Colleen Kenny</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Natural Resource Manager</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Upper Dublin Township Parks and Recreation Department</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">267-615-3731</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div id="gmail-m_6916635353139439905gmail-m_-1502725825378115858gmail-m_8952344540289252859gmail-m_-1516317965288663362gmail-m_1719826505846784600DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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