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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Goats...seems like a lot of trouble and $ for minimal results. Goats and grazing, like any IPM mechanical control has it's purposes and place depending on the circumstance but they are hardly the over-hyped silver bullet the mainstream focuses and fixates. At worst, goats are sometimes entrepreneur-driven virtue-signaling at the expense of more productive methods. In an ideal world ALL invasive control projects have input from a variety of expertise sources to develop an integrated plan. Unfortunately, this seldom occurs and results of contracted human Specialist/volunteer/financial resources can be marginal at best.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
Patrick D. Kelly, Horticulturist</p>
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On Thursday, September 16, 2021, 07:03:43 PM EDT, Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com> wrote:
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--></style><div><div class="yiv9308052725WordSection1"><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">It is not likely to work well but it is worth the try since stilt grass is so bad. If they do eat the stilt grass we can come back for 3 years and see if the seed bank has been reduced from 5 to 4 years. Marc</span></p><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> </p><div class="yiv9308052725yqt7795187423" id="yiv9308052725yqt58107"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Hamersky Business <william@skyhammer.com> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:10 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> William Hamersky <william@skyhammer.com>; maipc@lists.maipc.org; INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU; Vanessa Beauchamp <VBeauchamp@towson.edu>; Tancos, Matthew - ARS <matthew.tancos@usda.gov><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> J stiltgrass seeds passing thru goats guts??</p></div></div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal">Hi All,</p><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal">Just got a request from a colleague who is going to have goats take care of their J stiltgrass next week, here in the Charlottesville area.</p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> I have 2 questions:</p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal">1. do goats actually eat stiltgrass?!</p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal">2. will the seeds pass through the goats' GI tract intact (pre-fertilized!) and ready for next year?</p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal">Thank you all!</p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal">Stay safe.</p></div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="yiv9308052725MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;">William Hamersky<br clear="none">Skyhammer<br clear="none">470 Taylors Gap Rd<br clear="none">Charlottesville, VA 22903<br clear="none"><br clear="none">cel: 415. 516. 2560<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:william@skyhammer.com" href="mailto:william@skyhammer.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">william@skyhammer.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">“The Ash, having fibres tenacious and strong,<br clear="none">Teaches me firm resistance, to battle with wrong."<br clear="none"> Helen O. Hoyt</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="yiv9308052725DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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