stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · 20 days agothey tried to bury us. they didn't know we were knotweed rhizomes.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1129file-text
arrow-up1129imagethey tried to bury us. they didn't know we were knotweed rhizomes.slrpnk.netstabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · 20 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agoNo plant is magic. If you cut shoots, eat them, and repeat, eventually the rhizome will run out of energy.
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-219 days agoNot with knotweed. It can manifest above ground growth in a few different ways, it can form a moss like layer. Pulling the shoots also leaves chunks of root in the ground, which will start new plants. And good luck eating enough once it spreads. You can control it if you catch it early by covering it with black tarp, but if you miss a bit, you wasted all the effort. Knotweed remediation is hard.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 days agoIt grows all over near me, but i haven’t tried to eat any because I think some agency might be poisoning it. It was growing fine, and then all the leaves started to die.
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-219 days agoYeah, the usual way is glyphosate injection during the active growth phase. Glyphosate won’t kill you but I still wouldn’t want to consume it.
No plant is magic. If you cut shoots, eat them, and repeat, eventually the rhizome will run out of energy.
Not with knotweed. It can manifest above ground growth in a few different ways, it can form a moss like layer.
Pulling the shoots also leaves chunks of root in the ground, which will start new plants.
And good luck eating enough once it spreads.
You can control it if you catch it early by covering it with black tarp, but if you miss a bit, you wasted all the effort.
Knotweed remediation is hard.
It grows all over near me, but i haven’t tried to eat any because I think some agency might be poisoning it. It was growing fine, and then all the leaves started to die.
Yeah, the usual way is glyphosate injection during the active growth phase. Glyphosate won’t kill you but I still wouldn’t want to consume it.