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Controlling Ragweed Pollen in Detroit: A No-mow Solution for Motown?

Close-up of a ragweed plant. (stock image)ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014.  When it comes to controlling hay fever-triggering ragweed plants on Detroit vacant lots, occasional mowing is worse than no mowing at all, and promoting reforestation might be the best solution.

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Those are the findings of a new University of Michigan study that surveyed vacant lots in several Detroit neighborhoods for ragweed, counting the number of ragweed plants and estimating how often each lot was mowed.

The researchers found that ragweed was…

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