Dear Merla, There's reason to believe that spraying the roadsides contributes to drought. Basically anything that has a disorganizational affect on the environment makes the organization of moisture into rain clouds more difficult. Large cities are pollutive and thus commonly have less rain within their limits. Atlanta summer weather records show it is roughly 20 percent more likely to rain on Saturday and Sunday when commuters are much fewer. Well, you can breathe a bit of auto exhaust, but don't try it with herbicides, no matter that their advocates say they are "safe." Herbicides and insecticides generally contribute to drought--which isn't provens to everyone's satisfaction, but I find it true nonetheless.
Hugh > I am just beginning to read Allan Savoy's Holistic Management and he > talks about brittle environments which I think describes us here. > In August and September, we are likely to get nary a drop of rain. > If one were trying to discourage common tansy, knapweed and hawkweed > and encourage the native flora under drought conditions and in poor soil > > in a brittle environment, what are the basic issues here? > > 1) Common tansy, knapweed and hawkweed stay alive during the drought, > e.g. are green. The grass the county prefers has dead tops and is a > fire hazard in a fire-prone area. To keep from being sprayed, yet keep > down the fire hazard, we need to propagate native broadleaf plants that > stay green in drought instead of grass. Yes or no? > > 2) If the county has sprayed Curtail (2,4-D and Clopyralid) two years > ago and you had the droughtiest summer ever in 2001, are there any > microorganisms in the dry, sandy, rocky right-of-way? > > 3) Is there a particular way to approach a brittle environment in > putting microorganisms back into the soil...particular microorganisms > that are best? Would Pfeiffer field spray do the trick? Will the > microorganisms just die in August? > > 4) (For BD farmers) If you were using a radionic field broadcaster over > > a large area of wild land for weed control, would you need to broadcast > BC first to get the compost remedies in the soil, or are the 500, 501, > horn clay and weed peppers enough by themselves? Is there any other way > > to approach weed control in a whole watershed, a huge, brittle, natural, > > wild area? > > >>
