Hello Aizic and all interested in the restoration and maintenance
of the Czernowitz Jewish cemetery.
Thank you Aizic for you advice about means of preventing renewed
vegetative
growth at the cemetery. I am familiar with the use of black plastic
sheeting
to prevent such growth, since I use it my own garden. It does work where
the surface is relatively even and where there are no stumps of cut
trees
and bushes with an intact root systhem. In the Czernowitz Jewish
cemetery,
all gravestones are set vertically and therefore, each grave would
have to be
covered individually with plastic sheeting. There are about 50 000
graves/
tombstones in the cemetery. Covering each individually is definitely
not practical.
Actually, it could not be done without leaving some spots uncovered.
New shoots
of trees, bushes and vines, would sprout in these spots, which allow
sunlight
and water to reach the soil surface.
The herbicide the cemetery administration is using, is legally permitted
in the Ukraine as well as in the USA. It does not poison the ground
and is
harmless if it gets into the ground water. It enters the plants
through their
leaf surfaces, migrates to the roots and kill them. Once the roots
are killed,
the plant dies and new vegetative growth, does not start again from
the roots.
Most plants currently growing in the cemetery, will be killed in one
spraying,
some will require two or three sprayings, but this will probably be
spot spraying.
The effective chemicals in this herbicide are: Atlantis, Glyphosate
and Triclopyr.
Annual weeds and some trees, bushes and vines, will grow fresh every
year,
because they grow from seeds brought by wind and birds. The annual weeds
are of no great concern. To control the growth of trees, bushes and
vines,
it will be necessary to spray herbicides once every 3 years.
The paths between the cemetery plots can be maintained by mowing once
every
10 days to 2 weeks, during the growing season. From May 1st till Sept
15th,
about 15 times a year. Wood chips could be spread around each grave, as
described by Aizic, in order to prevent vegetative growth in place which
cannot be reached by a mower.
Current work at the cemetery, consists of emergency measures, aimed at
preventing the total destruction of the cemetery, by the roots of
trees heaving
tombstones, large branches falling and breaking tombstones and vines
damaging the surfaces of tombstones. This work has to be carried out
speedily,
efficiently and at an affordable cost. As long as it has not been
proven that
the chemicals currently being used are dangerous, I see no reason to
object
to their use.
Mimi
On May 11, 2011, at 2:45 AM, YASO wrote:
> Shalom to all members of the group:
>
> !) To Mimi more power (Yeshar Koah) on your efforts.
> Together with cousin Harriet Kasow we are planning a similar
> effort for
> the two Jewish
> cemeteries in the shteitel of our forefathers about 15 km NE of
> Czernowitz on the
> Czernowritz-Khotin road called today Klishkovtsy (Yiddish -
> Klishkovitch).
> After discussing the problem of non-stop growth and sprouting of
> vegetation with
> Scientists of the Israeli Agricultural Research Organization
> (ARO) they
> told me there
> are solutions. Instead of polluting herbicides there are non-
> polluting
> herbicides used
> for organic agriculture use.
> In order to decrease considerably the sprouting and vegetation
> after
> clearing the cemetery
> area it is worthwhile to spread a black plastic sheet on the
> cleared
> ground and on top of that
> to put little pebbles (or a less expensive alternative small wood
> chips; I understand there are
> not too expensive small portable wood chip cutting machines
> available)
> then you need only
> once (maybe twice) a year to spray the non- polluting
> herbicides to kill
> the small sprouting
> of vegetation (and this at a very nominal price) that manage to
> sneak
> out of the black plastic
> covering and through the small pebbles or wood chips.
> 2) Israel Independence Day celebrations, ended last night with the
> granting
> of the traditional
> "Israel Prize," awards. Among the recipients this year was actress
> Leah
> Koenig, who was born
> and grew up in Czernowitz. Mazal Tov Leah we are proud of you.
>
> Aizic Sechter
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