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Re: planting preparation


I was stunned by the amount of dormant weed and grass seed in
the former corn and winter wheat fields I've tried to convert to
prairie.  I'm about five miles west of Jefferson, WI.

The first season after the crops, it was tilled and mowed at 
least once.  The next season, a spring burn, sprouted, Roundup-ed,
waited, then I planted.  It seemed to go from dead to green again
in six weeks...  foxtail, horseweed, other grasses and weeds
I didn't plant.  The previous farmer had used atrazine in
relatively low amounts - what was it doing, if this much seed
was there?

The spots where what I planted "took" the best were the places
where the construction crew had scraped a few inches of topsoil
away to back-fill and level the area around my new home.  Almost
makes me wish I'd done that to the entire 20 acres.

- John

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