Does anyone know what this is?
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What is it?
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Wow...it is sure tall...someone will get it...I am sure...smile..happy day Paul...Diana
Hi Paul, I really don't know what it is but the stem does look a bit like bamboo. Probably doesn't help much, but I just had to say it! LOL
Mary Ellen
Japanese Knotweed?
A link to identifying the JKW
http://www.environet-uk.co.uk/japanese-knotweed3.php
ha ha Mary Ellen I was gonna say the same thing....to funny! ^_^
Thats what it is, and i LOVE it. Gave some away at the Freeport Swap!!..Keep it contained and you'll love it.
Thank you all, I'll pass it on
Paul
It is Knotweed?
If so, KEEP IT CONTAINED! It's beautiful yes, but is more than halfway through a campaign to control the world! Or at least West Michigan!
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As soon as I saw it I knew Birdie had it!!! LOL.
I am glad you id'd it.
Sheri
Well dang, I guess I'll have to take this one off of my want list. I'm getting too old to be at war with any plant. LOL
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen, keepit in a pot. I get TONS of compliments on it i my garden. Ican send you some :)
Thank you Birdie. Do you bury the whole pot? I've seen some beautiful pictures of Knotweed.
Mary Ellen
in some areas yes, but in other areas I just let it go!!
I tell ya, friends, yesterday I saw it sneaking toward the edge of the highway, on its way to my place, and I shuddered - put me clean off my feed I tell ya! Have you seen the road banks absolutely covered with it? It's not to be underestimated for sure. Maybe in a pot, but what if it reseeds?
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/knotweed.shtml Very informative. Grows through foundations and into your home? Through pavement? SHEESH. I thought Greenbrier was bad.
But it IS edible - tastes like rhubarb, and is claimed to make you telepathic. Hm. OK, I'll eat it but you grow it. How's that? LOL! I can feed you my greenbrier and you can feed me your knotweed. LOL!
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This message was edited Jun 3, 2009 11:03 AM
"All plant parts (including mature fruit) should be bagged and disposed of in a trash dumpster to prevent reestablishment. " http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/fact/pocu1.htm
Wow that sounds scary. :) I thought missouri primrose was bad.