tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post3730244241707578531..comments2023-08-02T07:07:45.500-07:00Comments on bastin: Two hours of work becomes six.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-50178875422938822422010-05-12T22:26:01.741-07:002010-05-12T22:26:01.741-07:00Good question, Crash. Monitoring invasive species ...Good question, Crash. Monitoring invasive species plants over a fourteen acre tract of land can be a chore. All of these plants are perennial, so cutting them has little or no effect except to stress the plants into bonsai type plants. You can't locate them to see them go to seed then. <br /><br />The first year or two we tried using acetic acid (vinegar)on those plants too big to pull out by hand (digging them up spreads and plants dormant seeds) to no avail. In fact, it only gave the plants a chance to 'regroup'. Now, after four years of an annual spray, I am almost back to where we began.<br /><br />I don't like the sprays, and spot spray only. Plus, I never use them around food plants. But to not use them here means decimation of pastures by weeds amuck. Mind you, we're not talking dandelions here. A plant like Scotch Broom will make land nearly uninhabitable for animal or other plant.bastinptchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831273031973399021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-49336785560215369182010-05-12T20:41:41.197-07:002010-05-12T20:41:41.197-07:00Hmmm. Why not just take your wide mower and mow t...Hmmm. Why not just take your wide mower and mow them a few times per season, just before they go to seed? No dangerous sprays.Crashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170011539472789212noreply@blogger.com