permaculture

[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

I once bought 3 carob seeds for $5, sounds like an expensive proposition to 
me.

Yes, giant knotweed can be a godzilla of a plant.  I'd treat it with the same
respect that I give to comfrey, black locust, evening primrose, quack grasss
etc  & at least here it spreads very much in the same way as comfrey, 
suckering
out from where it is originally planted.  Anytime you excavate or  dig more
than a foot deep in the soil you would also be spreading it around.

Makes a great browse for goats & sheep tho we did have a problem at one time
with our goats over-eating from it & getting bloat.  We solved that by
harvesting bundles & feeding the goats in the pen.


mIEKAL



Kirby Fry wrote:

> Japanese knotweed, eh?
>
> There's one I haven't heard of before and it sounds formidable.
>
> I'd be curious to know how and why it is detrimental to ecosystems.  Does it
> take over and sterilize a system?  Does it cause erosion of species
> diversity?
>
> I've heard that to break up sidewalks all you need is a cordless hammer
> drill and some carob seeds.  Drill a hole in the sidewalk, or black top,
> just a little wider than the seed and place the carob seed in the hole.  The
> seeds will expand and begin fracturing the sidewalk.
>
> Kirby
>
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