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Spraying of site on ImLal South in preparation for direct seeding

13/11/2012

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Phil Kinghorn and I sprayed the proposed direct seeding site using BRT's new spray unit. This usually water-covered, swampy area during winter was at last dry enough for vehicle access. Juncus reeds are thriving here as are woolly tea-tree and blackwood that we have planted on the edges. Phil remarked that the site would seem ideal for water ribbons and other wetland species.  

Phil has fixed a spray boom on the back of his ute, which allows spraying of the rows from the comfort of the ute. We worked from the northernmost steel monitoring post, back and forth across all rows to the fence, except the very last row.   The spray mix used was glyphosate and simazine with a wetting agent.  

It’s great to have the flexibility to spray opportunistically whenever the weather is suitable instead of being dependent on the whims of contractors.  

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Brad
13/11/2012 07:09:07 am

Great Work Guys.
I am very happy to see that you didnt get bogged anywhere!

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    Gib Wettenhall is interested in how  we carry out large scale landscape restoration that involves the people who live in those landscapes. That, he  believes, would build truly resilient landscapes.

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