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<br />Sent By: Minnesota Nat1ve Landscapes; <br /> <br />320 966 4223; <br /> <br />Oct.15.02 11 ;36; <br /> <br />Page 3/5 <br /> <br />H. Seed II< Seeding; <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />Native pmiril; grt1:s.s seed installlltions can be comiucled safely in Minncsot..1 during two <br />periods of the b'Towing sea5on. The first window ofopportun1ly i~ frolD the time :5:ite <br />prcpamlIon work i. concluded il1lh" sprillg, IIntil app'o"im>>lcl~ July 20. The second p<-'1iod <br />i. in the fall helwem September 20 nnd rroc'e-up. The latter of the two approaehos is <br />(,;onsidered i1 dormAnl .seeding. me"ning seeds wiJJ not gCJlninotc until soil temperalures <br />rench uppruJ<u11<tlcly 65. f the following spring. This project is being scheduled 10.. . late <br />MHyor early June, 2003 mstallaLiun <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 An .ccd will be ilJStalled using a Trjllioni~) native grass and wildtlower drill. In """lions of <br />the site thnl Arc 100 cTumped r,,, IrllCtor operaled equipn'''"t, "oed will halld broadcast <br /> <br />J. Following all '..dmg operations, the seed bed will be cullipaclcd using a he.vy roller. <br />C"Itlp.cking is done to ensure tbat lighl oneil fluffy !lower seed is presscd linn)y imo Ihc <br />seed bed to avoid w;"d di~pcrsal. 011 smaller sites, hand raking will be dOlle in place of <br />cllltip3cking. <br /> <br />4. Seed mIxes will he sown ill the types and rales as indicated ill tbe pr<\iecl spccifie81ions. <br /> <br />C. Pla.n, ..lid Plnnting. <br /> <br />I. Nursery grown wildflOwer scedlings wilJ be illst.lIed as per specitications drawn up by <br />DnmOr1 Fnrbt.T & Associates. <br /> <br />D. <br /> <br />Mulching: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I, The planled .,reas will be mulched Willl dc-tin oal. whea.t ur Dull V\; prairie straw at a rate of 2 <br />lon/ocre. <br /> <br />? All ffilllc.h male"al will hc disk.anchored In place immediately after installntion. <br /> <br />3. On Ihc sleepesl slopes, mulch will also be sprayed with a light coating or tDekllied hydro- <br />mulch Illoterial lor extrD erosion protccLion. This "k.1' w.s 1101. part of tbe original <br />specifications but should be donc as an added precaution agaiMt soil erosion. <br /> <br />E. M.int~nllnc~' (2003 growing s<'C1son) <br /> <br />Native Prairie Plantin~s <br />During the first growing season this project will be mowcd 3 104 limes "S neooed. Fin.t yeJIT <br />mowing(sj are importantl Typically annual weed species are very aggressive during a first growing <br />seagon. If allo\.\(d lO grow too wI!, Ilnnual w~b can have 1m adverse effect on newly emerging native <br />ptanl species. A tlail mower and hnnd held weed whip will he used. Mowings will .Iso help keep your <br />site looking Ileat and cared 1'01' during the scrulli. looking development period that 1111 prairie plantings <br />cxlribll. <br /> <br />No-Mow TurlPlantang!t <br />In .ddirion ttlprairie mamterumcc, we I".ve been asked to conduct herbiCIde apJllic.tion(s) as <br />nec"ssary 10 rid previously planted no-moW turf prellS ofbroadlcaf wced cover. HerbiCIde <br />application(s) will be followed by touch-up seeding and fertilizer al'plicntion(s) to thicken and <br />str~llgthen the fesC\.e grosses thot moke up the no-mow turf oreas. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br />