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Spring 2017 Puget Sound Knotweed Forum Agenda 9:00-9:10 Welcome 9:10-9:20 Introductions 9:20-9:40 Snoqualmie Tribe Pollinator- Friendly and Culturally Significant Native Plants for Knotweed Sites 9:40-10:00 Small Group

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Spring 2017 Puget Sound Knotweed Forum

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Agenda

9:00-9:10

Welcome

9:10-9:20

Introductions

9:20-9:40

Snoqualmie Tribe – Pollinator- Friendly and Culturally Significant Native Plants for Knotweed Sites

9:40-10:00

Small Group Discussion – Pollinator Plants That Work for You

10:00-10:05

Break

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Agenda

10:05-10:25

King County – Strategies for Avoiding Pollinator/Herbicide Interaction

10:25-10:35

Herbicides, Surfactants, and Rates Used by Forum Members

10:35-10:55

Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust – Knotweed Projects Presentation

10:55-11:00

Break

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Agenda

11:00-11:20

Skagit Fisheries – Knotweed Project

11:20-11:40

Snohomish County – Helicopter Survey of Knotweed on the Skykomish River

11:40-12:00

Wrap up

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Welcome to the Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom

Emergency Exit

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Small Group Discussion: 9:40-10:00

What category of plants do you prioritize when replanting after

knotweed is controlled (understory, conifers, trees, shrubs)?

As a group, come up with 5 plants that you have f0und most

successful for planting on knotweed sites.

As a group, come up with 5 pollinator-friendly plants that you

have found successful on knotweed sites.

How soon do you plant after initial treatment?
What is one notable thing from this discussion you want to

share with the room?

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Break: 10:00-10:05

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Chemical Methods, Herbicide, Surfactants, & Rates

Methods:

Foliar Spray and Injection are used predominantly
Some members are restricted to one or the other
Wick wipe, sheet mulching with chemical, weed whacking, fist shaking, and

eye lasers Herbicide:

Polaris or Habitat @ .75 to 1%
Glyphosate @ 3-5% for Spray and 100% for Injection

Surfactant:

Agridex @ .5-1%
Competitor @ 1%
Hasten EA @ .78%

Is there anything else that others are trying and have good results?

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Break 10:55-11:00

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The Future

Next meeting – frequency?
Fall 2016 survey
Ideas/feedback?
We want to highlight your projects!

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Thanks!

Happy knotweed hunting!