Subject: Re: The Great Purple Loosestrife Pull has begun
Date: Jun 5 19:21:42 1995
From: Steve Hallstrom - steveh at u.washington.edu


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Suart wrote


Do your bit for the environment and create more habitat for shorebirds and
ducks - next time you visit Montlake Fill grab a handfull of Purple Loosetrife !

Given my recent success at Jetty Island, Everett with (Scot's) Broom, I feel
compelled to do a bit more for native species - OK, so I'm addicted to pulling !

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Some loosestrife eradicators argue that pulling is the worst thing one cnacan do.
A healthy plant will have loosed several hundred thousand seeds and distrubing ng
the soil makes a nice seed bed for the new starts. Cutting the heads is more
effective except for small stands of very young plants.

Steve Hallstrom