Does Garlic Mustard effect maple tree health?
So I’ve been spending more time in the woodlot lately and it seems like if it isn’t one invasive weed it’s another. The garlic mustard covers just about the entire forest floor.
I read that garlic mustard is “allelopathic, producing chemicals that inhibit the growth of other plants and mychorrizal fungi needed for healthy tree growth and tree seedling survival”.
So I wonder how adverse an effect garlic mustard has on the maple trees. It would be about impossible to eradicate it. Every time I hit a dead plant I can hear hundreds of seeds get planted for next year.
Also, with the loss of so many ash trees from EAB I notice some Japanese Stiltgrass (? I think) invading. I’m guessing it’s taking advantage of a little sun opened up by the dead ash.
2019-2023 40 to 50 taps to get 8 to 10 gallons of syrup
2018 Built the sugar shack, produced 10.5 gallons (converted some to sugar,& cream). taps varied 45 to 50
2017 Built 2x4 arch for a divided pan, 8.5 gallons from 30 taps increased to 42 taps during season.
2016 Produced 3 gallons & 1 quart Syrup, Block arch & 3 buffet pans, 12 taps
2015 Thought about tapping