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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">See question below. Does anyone have any information or knowledge on this subject? Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#16325C;background:white">Ailanthus mulch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#16325C;background:white">I had nine 30-40’ ailanthus trees cut down and mulched. I did not realize at the time that it is allelopathic. I am trying to re-grow a native Virginia
garden. Should I age this massive amount of mulch, or get rid of it? How long does its allelopathy last? Weeks? Months? Years?</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#16325C"><br>
<span style="background:white">Thank you so much for your kind consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#16325C;background:white">Robin Allman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#16325C;background:white">(804) 714-5874</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">David R. Jackson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">Forest Resources Educator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">Penn State Extension-Centre County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">Willowbank Building, Room 322, 420 Holmes Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">Bellefonte, PA 16823<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:drj11@psu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">drj11@psu.edu</span></a> 814-355-4897(office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forests and Wildlife Extension: <a href="https://extension.psu.edu/forests-and-wildlife">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://extension.psu.edu/forests-and-wildlife</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Anything we can’t do forever is by definition unsustainable.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Blackadder ITC"">Sir David Attenborough</span></b><span style="font-family:"Blackadder ITC""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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