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TH: Chem-Lawns & City Seedlings
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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On Fri, 16 May 1997, Roberta Rivett wrote:
> They may be long-term solutions and certainly are vastly preferable to the
> chemical approach, but I read in Edward Tenner's "Why Things Bite Back:
> Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences" that B.
> thuringiensis applications to control various larval forms are contributing
> to the development of strains resistant to the bacillus.
>
> Heavy sigh.
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Hi Roberta -
I agree with you, but I should contribute a small point here. OK -
biological controls promote immunity in the pests that they target,
but that is not exclusively a complaint against organics. Inorganics
are capable of promoting resiliency just as well. I can't document
the rumor of a few years' back claiming that urban rats were becoming
addicted to strychnine (OK - that's organic too), but there's no
clear reason why a non-living hazard should be more ecologically
predictable than a living one ...
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On Fri, 16 May 1997 Grow19@aol.com wrote:
> I direct a community gardening program in DC and am providing some advice to
> a community development organization that is getting trees from the Natl Tree
> Trust, and now I need advice. NTT will provide the trees in Spring 1998.
> They are 1 year old seedlings of four varieties -- willow oak, redbud, red
> maple, and white pine -- 100 of each.
>
> We will need to prepare a plan for their location and have developed two
> possible scenarios. Now we need some guidance due to the very young age of
> the seedlings ...
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Hi Judy -
Our d*mn colleague Paul already gave you my answer before I could! You
have to be quick around here ...
Yeah, in The City a good way of handling young trees is to 'house' them
in large planters for their 1st couple years. We get 55-gallon plastic
drums from the local Pepsi bottler for free, or under $10. Each one
splices into 2 re-usable planters. The more discriminating communities
might want something with a little more designer-look to it. Old
washers, dryers, bathtubs (& other fixtures :) basement sinks, trash
cans have all been recycled into tree planters with good results. We
like discarded Sears Craftsman Shop-Vacs, because they have good wheels!
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On Fri, 16 May 1997, Paul Jahnige wrote:
> We have also found that you can plant out smallish trees (4'-6', three
> to four year olds) on the street in barrels in front of folks home and
> these seem to survive better because there is a strong sense of
> individual ownership.
>
> So such is my advice for today. I would be happy to provide more
> specifics if you wish.
>
> Paul jahnige
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Thanks to all -
Richard@Flora.Com
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Richard Tryzno Ellsberry | Flora's Garden | Baltimore USDA Zone 7
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