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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 04:52 PM 11/7/2003 +0000, tanis wrote:
> If you snarf leaves (the technical term for taking others' rakings from 
> their curbs), be a little cautious about those bags which contain grass 
> clippings.   Chances are these contain small amounts of weed- killers 
> which can be problematic if these bags are used in veggy 
> gardens.   Shouldn't be a problem in the orchard, tho.

I've 'imported' some troublesome plant pests in some bags of leaves/grass 
clippings, notably a very vigorous strain of crabgrass - wish it was 
growing that well in my pastures - and a really hardy & hard-to-kill 
variegated 'Wandering Jew' type plant; it just scoffs at Roundup, shrugs 
it's shoulders and continues on its way.
Some years, I get a plethora of mimosa(Albizia julbrissen) seedlings 
popping up here and there, but they're fairly easy to pull up, if you get 
to 'em early.


Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY