Ed, I wonder if they know that? It's a good idea because those roots are going to resprout forever. There are so many aralia groves that the whole forest would smell very interesting....
Jenny On Mar 16, 3:08 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, > > I have been told that pouring vinegar (undiluted) on freshly cut stumps will > keep many species from resprouting from the roots. > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JennyNYC" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 2:59 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Forest densities > > Carolyn, > > How interesting about Aralia elata. I'm curious to see if we have both > species at NY Bot. Garden. > > As far as control, we're manually removing them and as much of the > roots as possible. If there is any use of chemicals, I don't know > about it. With the Bronx River right in the middle, the risk of > polluting is too high. I know in the past there was a problem with > fertilizer run-off into the river which I believe has been addressed. > > We shall see if the Aralia "devil" can be controlled.... > > Jenny > > On Mar 15, 8:20 pm, Carolyn Summers <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a suspicion that much of the Aralia spinosa in the NY metro > > region > > may actually be Aralia elata, which has naturalized. I guess they are > > quite > > difficult to tell apart. We have a small infestation here in our local > > park > > in Westchester County and I would be interested in knowing what control > > measures you are using. > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Carolyn Summers > > 63 Ferndale Drive > > Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 > > 914-478-5712 > > > > From: Josh Kelly <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:14:16 -0700 (PDT) > > > To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Forest densities > > > > Jenny, > > > > I believe Aralia spinosa is a native in your area. You can still > > > whack it, but not because it is non-native. Aralia is a cool genus > > > with lots of medicinal activity in the saponins they produce. > > > > Josh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
