<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="">The key here is shade density: take another look & notice that holly does an even better job of creating a stiltgrass gap — but beech & especially holly keep everything else out at the same time. Not much point in holding back stiltgrass if it doesn't encourage native forbs.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Margaret Chatham (totally uncredentialed weed warrior)<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 3, 2021, at 5:29 PM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Volunteer wants to use beech trees as a magic wand to remove stiltgrass.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: keith barrack <<a href="mailto:rkbarrack@yahoo.com" class="">rkbarrack@yahoo.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2021 3:10 PM<br class="">To: mark imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>><br class="">Subject: today, Oct 3</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi Mark,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">boy, carrying three of those bags back was a chore….I had to drag them at times and hope the bags didnt get too torn!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Anyway, on my stroll back, I paid particular attention to where the stilitgrass was growimg prominently….and where it wasn’t. In conjunction with our brainstorm, earlier, wouldnt you know it….wherever there were patches of zero stiltgrass, there was an abundance of beech trees. Thats not to say I didmt run into a beech tree….or two…that had stilt grass under it…..but also there were other trees amidst that beech tree.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">So, there does seem to be something about those beech trees that keep the stilitgrass in check. Whether it is the soil that beech likes to grow in or simply a chemical compound in the leaves might be something worth investigating.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">otherwise, enjoy the following pictures from our hike today, alomg with the mushroom growing in our yard that i told you about.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">sorry I couldnt stay longer. i’ll be in touch about next weekend.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I tried to send all pics in the email but files were too big, they will ne comimg seperate.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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