RE: [Cz-L] RE: Czernowitz Jewish cemetery May 10, 2011

Shalom Mimi and all group members.

Thank you Mimi for your in depth ( no pun intended) explanation which really
opened up my eyes to the problems surrounding
the maintenance of a cemetery, which I was not aware of.

I agree with everything Mimi wrote, just that I believe that "wooden chips
spreads" in the whole area could save the mowing, and
instead, just the need of "spot spraying," from time to time.

Maybe for starters you could just try this out on a small area and see how
it works and if it really saves on expenses.

Aizic Sechter

PS Any one with ideas on how to get the Klishkovitz - Klishkovtsy (2) two
Jewish cemeteries project rolling can send them
either through the group or personally to me or cousin Harriet Kasow.

-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Taylor [mailto:mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 5:38 PM
To: YASO
Cc: 'Czernowitz Genealogy and History'; 2GEILJE Kasow Harriet & Harvey
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] RE: Czernowitz Jewish cemetery May 10, 2011

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

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