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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10
- From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10
- Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 11:06:26 -0400
On Sat, 14 May 2005 10:53:49 -0400, you wrote:
>
>The "American bamboo" seems to be "Japanese Knotweed." Perhaps the
>best organic solution I've seen is to get rid of/dig up serious stubble,
>and cover the area with heavy tarp for a couple of years, being sure to
>keep surrounding area regularly mowed to keep any upstarts from taking
>hold.
>
That's a really tough plant. I see it all the time along
stream banks.
It's attractive growing along steep stream banks where maybe
most plants wouldn't grow well, but I suppose it's taken the
place of native species. It certainly has the reputation of
being a bad actor, a very invasive plant.
Here's a British webpage about it:
http://www.cabi-bioscience.org/html/japanese_knotweed_alliance.htm#prob
Very discouraging - they show it pushing up through blacktop
and invading someone's LIVING ROOM!
Here's an American website about it:
http://www.invasivespecies.gov/profiles/japktwd.shtml
Can your cousin learn to love it, maybe? It's not edible,
AFAIK, and I know no other use for it either, except
possibly stabilizing steep banks.
Pat
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[Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10,
sue roseman, 05/11/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10,
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 05/14/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10,
Pat Meadows, 05/14/2005
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[Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
ktk2a, 05/14/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
Jack Lane, 05/14/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
Tradingpost, 05/14/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
Jack Lane, 05/15/2005
- [Market-farming] Roundup Ravages Riparian Residents, Marty Kraft, 05/15/2005
- [Market-farming] re roundup, Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 05/15/2005
- [Market-farming] Roundup not harmless, Jill Bussiere, 05/15/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Re: devrinol, road's end farm, 05/16/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood, robert schuler, 05/16/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
Jack Lane, 05/15/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
Tradingpost, 05/14/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
Jack Lane, 05/14/2005
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[Market-farming] Re: Japanese Knotwood,
ktk2a, 05/14/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10,
Pat Meadows, 05/14/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10,
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 05/14/2005
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