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OccasionallyImmortal t1_ivr84w2 wrote

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

>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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