JAPANESE KNOTWEED
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Uploaded by LeafMaker on Nov 19, 2006
The GREAT LAKES REGION invasive species - JAPANESE KNOTWEED
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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.
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It's also a good source of resveratrol - which is quite good for you.
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Are the leaves edible?
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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.
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@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!
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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........
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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.
theseerefusesnoriver 2 years ago 12
@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.
luky7s 1 year ago 2