Composting invasive plants

Composting invasive plants has to be done carefully to fully kill seeds and other potential propagules.  Researchers in Texas built a composting facility to handle wetland invasive plants and report on their experience in an article in Invasive Plant Science and Management.  Wouldn’t it be great to turn those invasive plants into compost to raise native seedlings?

Erica J. Meier, Tina M.Waliczek, & Michael L. Abbott. 2014. Composting Invasive Plants in the Rio Grande River. Invasive Plant Science and Management, http://www.wssajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1614/IPSM-D-13-00089.1

Share
This entry was posted in Detection and Control, Eichornia crassipes, Texas, Uncategorized and tagged . Bookmark the permalink.