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lemonsforbrunch t1_ivox9j7 wrote

Reply to comment by Dredly in Immense Decline In Pennsylvania Wild Bee Biodiversity by Educational_Sector98

Remove nonnative plants from your field as you spot them and work on replacing them from the landscaping around your house too. Encourage others to do the same, and cut down on pesticides and herbicides!

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OccasionallyImmortal t1_ivr84w2 wrote

>Remove nonnative plants from your field

>cut down on ... herbicides

The former makes the latter more difficult. Weeding 4 acres of all non-native plants mechanically is physically and temporally demanding, Even spraying is difficult and can be expensive. Unfortunately, natural herbicides are nearly useless. I'm convinced that I could dump 5 gallons of boiling vinegar (don't do that) on multiflora roses and they'd laugh audibly.

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lemonsforbrunch t1_ivr8u3b wrote

Haha yea they would. It’s definitely a manual task. I think it would be like, your new hobby. Have a stroll, pull a few plants. Slow progress but you can get there.

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