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Mulching Invasive Plants in the Field

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What happens here

The flail mulcher is used in the field to cut down dense patches of Spotted Knapweed. The skid steer drives over the field, with the mulcher operating close to the ground, effectively shredding the invasive plants into fine mulch. The operator aims to selectively target the invasive species while minimizing disturbance to native plants like Beebalm.

Goal: Clear invasive Spotted Knapweed from the field.

Tools and materials

  • Seppi M. SMWA Flail Mulcher Seppi M — Mulching invasive plants
  • Skid Steer Loader Caterpillar — Operating the mulcher
  • Spotted Knapweed — The invasive plant being mulched

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been slowly like pulling them off yep like patch back because if we chilled the field all we're doing is cultivating it and spreading it worse yeah so a lot of people don't realize [Music] why am I going up and down it's because we are aiming just for the spotted nap lead and trying to preserve the natural grasses that are here um it's not a perfect plan but we don't want to treat it with chemicals we don't want to spray this field so we had some guy come in here and spray it with 240 and it's against what we're trying to do so we're gonna whatever I mean I don't have a perfect plan to control that stuff in here except for find it decimate it and encourage the native plants hey have you

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