http://www.rinhs.org/2008/09/18/mileaminutedetect/ Providing Ecosystem Science and Information Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.rinhs.org/2008/09/18/mileaminutedetect/comment-page-1/#comment-8366 dgregg Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:03:54 +0000 http://www.rinhs.org/2008/09/18/mileaminutedetect/#comment-8366 Angelo, Thanks for your comment regarding mile-a-minute vine on the fence at Block Island Airport. Mile-a-minute vine is an annual and so dies every year. Therefore its vines are not woody and aren't that hard to break or pull. Therefore, although they are very prolific and will cover a fence like a mat in just one season, they should be relatively easy to pull free and keep clear. The toughest vine to clear from fencing is bittersweet, which is woody and much more twisty than M-a-M. If you send me a picture of the vine I could help you with an ID. Also you could contact either The Nature Conservancy's Block Island manager, Scott Comings, or RINHS member Kim Gaffett. They know what M-a-M looks like and are anxious to find and eradicate the vine on Block Island before it proliferates further. Yours, David Angelo,
Thanks for your comment regarding mile-a-minute vine on the fence at Block Island Airport. Mile-a-minute vine is an annual and so dies every year. Therefore its vines are not woody and aren’t that hard to break or pull. Therefore, although they are very prolific and will cover a fence like a mat in just one season, they should be relatively easy to pull free and keep clear. The toughest vine to clear from fencing is bittersweet, which is woody and much more twisty than M-a-M. If you send me a picture of the vine I could help you with an ID. Also you could contact either The Nature Conservancy’s Block Island manager, Scott Comings, or RINHS member Kim Gaffett. They know what M-a-M looks like and are anxious to find and eradicate the vine on Block Island before it proliferates further.
Yours,
David

]]> http://www.rinhs.org/2008/09/18/mileaminutedetect/comment-page-1/#comment-8346 Angelo A. Vecchiarelli Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:37:37 +0000 http://www.rinhs.org/2008/09/18/mileaminutedetect/#comment-8346 I work at the Block Island Airport and wondering the pestering growth and hard to control vines on our exterior fencing is this part of mile a minute or is there something in addition to making our job to clean the fence almost impossible with the heavy vine intwined? 203-214-3199 I work at the Block Island Airport and wondering the pestering growth and hard to control vines on our exterior fencing is this part of mile a minute or is there something in addition to making our job to clean the fence almost impossible with the heavy vine intwined? 203-214-3199

]]>