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Re: to trim or not ???

Summer fires can be extreme in their results, as I once saw in North Texas.  An 
August wildfire killed an area of little bluestem.  The following year it was 
thick with sunflowers, Eryngo, etc.  I'm guessing it was vulnerable as the 
bloom season had just started.

Scott

> In general, fall burning and not burning will favor forbs. Trimming the 
> dead grass will not have a lot of effect on this year's vegetation, but 
> you might prefer it aesthetically. Note that some flowers, such as 
> black-eyed Susan and most Coreopsis species (but not C. 
> palmata), will naturally decline as the planting matures.
> 
> James c. Trager
> Shaw Nature Reserve


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