JAPANESE KNOTWEED

[Serenoj69]

Personaly I love invasive species. Our nature has become so much more diverse because of all sorts of newcomers dispersed by us, mankind. You have avian dispearsal, dispearsal by wind and this one is antropogenic. Nothing unnatural about it. Man is part of nature and we change our planet. Ecologist are very conservative in general, they do not like change which is okey. Everyone their own preference. No science can tell us what is good or bad, it is personal. I like 'm.

[PhylBeeMe]

It's also a good source of resveratrol - which is quite good for you.

[MissPickletoes]

Are the leaves edible?

[coltermegasxlr]

I really do see actual potential to utilizing invasive species, such as the Japanese Knotweed, for revitalizing our nation's economy. For example, Japanese knotweed can be used as a source of indigo dye. Using this will help break our dependence from both synthetic and imported sources of Indigo.

[SoulSeekerofTruth]

This could be God's answer to the Invasive freekin LYME DISEASE killing everyone that docs just tell people that their relatives died from heart attacks from instead of the truth that this Lyme is a cousin of Syphilis and also mutates into any disease it likes just to survive while killing you inside your body........

[SoulSeekerofTruth]

This could be God's answer to the Invasive freekin LYME DISEASE killing everyone that docs just tell people that their relatives died from heart attacks from instead of the truth that this Lyme is a cousin of Syphillis and also mutates into any disease it likes just to survive while killing you inside your body........

[SoulSeekerofTruth]

This could be God's answer to the Invasive freekin LYME DISEASE killing everyone that docs just tell people that their relatives died from heart attacks from instead of the truth that this Lyme is a cousin of Syphillis and also mutates into any disease it likes just to survive while killing you inside your body...........

[SoulSeekerofTruth]

This could be God's answer to the Invasive freekin LYME DISEASE killing everyone that docs just tell people that their relatives died from heart attacks from instead of the truth that this Lyme is a cousin of Syphillis and also mutates into any disease it likes just to survive while killing you inside your body........

[bass109]

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[svarhanatharamais]

nice, the best flute is japanese made from knotweed to raise energy

[stradeybar]

Good video, but I’d recommend not having an extremely slow 1 minute intro! Its hardly the World at War. The council came by last year and sprayed some stuff. I hadn’t asked them. And hey presto, didn’t come back this year, they are thoroughly dead.

[dialchemy]

invasive species of plant and animal are part of the natural cycle of nature. The reason we notice species like Knotweed or the grey squirrel are because WE are responsible for their presence here. Eventually, in time, all species adapt or die that is the way of nature. The REAL issue here is these so called "scientists" desperately increasing their funding for looking into matters which need no human intervention i.e. Acid Rain, dried up lakes and global warming (now known as climate change).

[luky7s]

That was very relaxing, i thought i was at the ballet, lol

[bitterbug]

I'm trying to clear an acre of this stuff by hand and it's a nightmare. It will even grow rapidly in the shade of evergreens. The season is too short here for seeding, so they're only spreading rhizomatically but that's bad enough.

[TroutEhCuss]

We own a two lot property covered in flower beds and in two years it has taken over our flower area and killed almost everything! We've dug down 1 foot and gone through the dirt by hand and it's horrible, horrible stuff. Anyone who hasn't tried getting rid of it, doesn't have the right to talk about it. I'd rather have rattlesnakes ior crocs in my yard.

[DougFnDrake]

i think its invasive, i have been trying to kill it out of my backyard for 2 years!! i hate this crap, its all over where i want to plant a garden, but i cant because this stuff just takes it over. i want peppers and tomatos, not this.

[Gomba13]

@DougFnDrake "its all over where i want to plant a garden [...] i want peppers and tomatos, not this."

Last year, I laid down a double layer of heavy-duty landscaping fabric and installed 30 cm deep raised beds over that so I can plant tomatoes. It worked! This spring, knotweed only grew outside of where the raised beds were.

This year, I laid landscaping fabric over the whole area with raised beds on top. Between beds: an inch of compacted sand and tightly packed concrete pavers. Try it!

[NippleOfNippon]

Japanese Knotweed is edible and extremely yummy. Why don't you use it as food?

[elasetti]

Love the music !!!I believe is from il divo ;what is the name of this piece of music

[vikingluv7]

The earth knows what is needed, Lyme disease is huge on east coast, and Japanese Knotweed is free gift from nature to fight against it. humans are invasive species. fuck this video. wake up start eating wild foods!

[ajmotnt]

Nice video, but it's got the whole silly "invasive species" thing going. In most places where knotweed grows (I'm in Pittsburgh), it's doing a major service -- filling an ecological niche previously home to less-well-adapted species, or none at all. It's not displacing "natives" because this entire area, and wherever it's found (England!), were clearcut multiple times in the past, destroying the "native" plant stock. It just replaces other more useless weeds. Easily conquered by hardwood trees.

[theseerefusesnoriver]

Sorry, friend. You make absolutely no sense. There's nothing "silly" about talking about invasive species. It's a problem, clearly. Species like knotweed displace native species that actually serve an ecological function. The ecosystem becomes simplified and affects more than plant cover. Animals here do not benefit from knotweed because they evolved in isolation from it.

It is not easily conquered by hardwoods. Rather, knotweed will shade out any seedlings below.

[fatmikecj]

I think you might be misunderstanding the use of the word invasive. In the sense used here it is more about the speed at which it spreads and therefore pushes out other plants. In its country of origin there would be competition from other plants and animals slowing it's spread but it is a problem in other countries because there is nothing to slow it down or fight back so it takes over and upsets the natural balance.

[luky7s]

@theseerefusesnoriver on the other hand... i'm sure nature would get along quite happily changing into something new if we just left it alone. The ecosystem would change for sure. I think we should just sit back and watch mother nature work.

[matsutakneatche]

thats partly true, but a far cry from correct.

[bluenail90]

@matsutakneatche No it's bang on

[tantrichousewife]

A plant invading just about everywhere which is said to promote telepathy? Anyone read 'The day of the Triffids'?

[moles9999]

@tantrichousewife I love that book!!

[margot980]

Grazing animals indeed. The time to eat Japanese knotweed in my region is about the third week in April. It is divine with beer but not wine.

When the shoots are juicy and a few inches above the knee, cut a few and take them to a party. Or just home.

Then slice at the knots, peel off the lovely speckled skin with your fingernails, and dip the tubes in anything creamy. Chomp and sip.

Peel seconds before eating. Boring later.

[thatbiologygirl]

Hey, this is really good! I love the picture of the knotweed growing through the lady's house.