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Re: planting preparation

MJ,
The following link will get you to a copy of the label to see what forbs are
listed as tolerant. In addition the label provides information regarding
different plants tolerance to Plateau at different rates and whether they
are tolerant to pre or post emergent applications. Along with many other
tips on controlling weeds in specific situations on specific species.

According to American Cyanamid's literature there are over 40 labeled forbs,
though quite a few are non native plants we'd rather not use. However there
are several natives on the label.

http://www.prairiesource.com/pages/plateau/index.html

Sedges are on the label but as controlled species.

I believe I stated in one of my earlier postings that Plateau is not the
panacea for all of our/your native grass plantings. However it is a good
tool to use when applied properly. When you understand what you can and
can't do with it, it just gives you more options.

Jef
----- Original Message -----
From: MJ Hatfield <mjhatfield@oneota.org>
To: <prairie@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: planting preparation


> Jef,
>
> I have several comments.
>
> Don't we all tend to endorse the method we used in planting prairie
> because it worked for us? I know that when I was in the planning stage I
> talked with many different people and heard many different methods as
> each person had their own method and they all worked.
>
> I guess if I were only doing one or two prairie reconstructions I would
> be fearful of that "Plateau learning curve."
>
> How many forbs are "labeled"? Are they the more tolerant ones, those
> that have done well in our altered environment, growing in road ditches
> and farmers fields?
>
> Are sedges "labeled"?
>
> I have a tractor and a mower so mowing is easy. I found foxtail and the
> mustards very easy to control the first year by repeated mowings. The
> second year they were gone. I don't have any set up for spraying.
>
> Also, any method that kills any of the 250+ forbs I seeded in would
> automatically be suspect to me. Generally grasses are easy to establish,
> it is the forbs one has to work at.
>
> MJ
>
> --
> "Doubt and skepticism are for most people unusual and, I think,
> generally unstable states of mind." Robert H. Thouless as quoted by E.O.
> Wilson, Diversity of Life
>
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