Encouraging the use of plant materials to protect the quality of our surface waters. Plants can be very effective at removing or reducing excess nutrients or soil sediment without a high cost to society.
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These are the thoughts of someone on a mission to use plants as a way to protect our lands and surface waters in the heart of the U.S. Cornbelt. I work for the Agricultural Watershed Institute.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Another Rainy Day
I have been trying to plant a large prairie, bioenergy demonstration field for the past month and it keeps raining. So far only half is planted, but it is slowly starting to emerge. I am learning that native plant seeds do not all germinate at the same time, which is very different from seed you purchase from a seed company. Seed from a seed company all germinate and emerge at about the same time. Here is a picture of Indiangrass and Big Bluestem seedlings that were planted last month. The big one in the foreground emerged 3 weeks ago, the others came up last week.
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