<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I am shocked to hear you speak of ‘nuking' anything, and in this case a native plant. <span class="ILfuVd">In most areas, bracken fern is best controlled by repeated pulling or mowing. Let’s go easy on the poisons!</span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marney Bruce<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 15, 2021, at 8:23 AM, D. Clark <<a href="mailto:historictimekeepers@gmail.com" class="">historictimekeepers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Yeah,we took the coward's way out. No stilt grass, no ailanthus, no wooly adelgid. Lots of healthy hemlock. Ok, it is just for now. But it is a very nice change.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anyway, we have 12 acres with a 1-2 acre opening infested with bracken fern. There are some useful plants in there, mainly blueberry and coreopsis (?).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Before I nuke the bracken fern, is there a pre-emergent that works on it? I want to get rid of as much as possible and let the seed pool do its thing. We basically live on a sand pile created by the glacier and I doubt an honest meadow can be installed. But I have been paying attention and lupens and cone flower seem to do well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bobcats, sows with cubs, turkeys, bats. And millions of ants. All very interesting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Regards,<br class=""></div><div class=""> <br class="">Dewey Clark, <br class=""><a href="http://www.historictimekeepers.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.historictimekeepers.com</a><br class="">Omega Recognized Service Provider<br class="">WOSTEP Certified After Sales Service of Current Watches<br class="">WOSTEP Certified Micromechanics<br class="">Restoration of Vintage Timepieces<br class="">Precision Timing Specialist<br class="">Micromachining<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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