resist like rhizomes. this meme brought to you by knotweed gang.

  • rbos@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    18 days ago

    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.

    • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      18 days ago

      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.

      • rbos@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        18 days ago

        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.