[MPWG] plant management advice

Tue Jul 24 04:11:42 CDT 2012

"Right now they are considering having it sprayed to kill off the goldenrod and other “weeds.” 

Mike, it is old Indian saying that every plant on this earth is useful and it is ignorance of human beings that they have classified some as useful and others as unwanted plants i.e weeds. 

Please send the list of plants present as weeds in your land I will try to forward the information related to its uses specially medicinal uses. 

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 From: Nageswari <shri_nageswari at yahoo.com>
To: "Batek, Michael" <BATEK at hws.edu>; "mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org" <mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [MPWG] plant management advice

Hello Mike,

This sounds like a wonderful project and indeed you have done your homework in contacting those mentioned in your email.  I suggest contacting local members of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) as well.  I gather that you are opting to remove some plants that you do not want on the property before reintroducing/introducing other Native and Medicinals?  Getting soil samples analyzed at the local University extension is where we start, here in Southern Maine.  Knowing the pH of the soil, and percent coverage in relation to sun & shade,  is also helpful.  Are there any conservation lands nearby with similar geological attributes, which house refugia of in tact plant communities?  This may serve as a useful baseline to understand which plants and what type of plant community may have been there before Anthropogenic disturbance.  Depending on the Land Trust holding the parcel, they may be willing to let you use some of their seeds,
 seedlings, or saplings.  

I do hope you will post your findings because this is in line with preparation I'm making for my Graduate thesis.

By the way, thanks to everyone who has posted over the past three years.  This is by far and away, my favorite list serve EVER!

Gratefully,
Shri Verrill

"While you move outwards be scientific and objective, and while you move inwards be religious and subjective".

Osho
The Book of Secrets

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 From: "Batek, Michael" <BATEK at hws.edu>
To: "mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org" <mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org> 
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:27 PM
Subject: [MPWG] plant management advice

Hello,
My in-laws live on 80 acres on the periphery of a small town at the tip of Seneca Lake and are interested in help with managing some of the land to encourage growth of native wildflowers and medicinal plants (an Amish family farms and grazes cows on some of the land). While relief is relatively low, they have a stream running though their property. I’m guessing that an interesting and diverse variety of plants could be grown. I’ve checked with the county soil and water district, Cornell Extension, and still trying to contact someone at the nearest Nature Conservancy and United Plant Savers; however, I’ve followed the messages on this listserv and thought I would give it a try. I’m trying to find an option that wouldn’t require too much work or financial investment on their part. Right now they are considering having it sprayed to kill off the goldenrod and other “weeds.”  Personally, I was favoring a prescribed burn, but I don’t know who
 does this around here, if it is allowed or even if ecologically appropriate. Your guidance is appreciated.
Thank you,
Mike

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