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COMSUBBBS Posts: 2974 Location: Liverpool, England | Subject: The Beanstalk Saga Continues Last October I regaled you all about my gardening problems with a monster weed that I thought I had removed and eradicated. Nobody more surprised than me to find that the beast is back again with a vengeance following all the good spring weather and rainy showers. I did employ a young gardener at the time who did a great job tackling the wilderness and getting it back under control and looking shipshape once more. He continued to drop by monthly, until he informed me he was going off to Bingo-Bongo-Land or someplace in Africa as a missionary for Jehovah’s Witnesses. I thought fair enough mate, whatever floats your boat, but I still needed to find another gardener. His replacement arrived this morning and turned out to be a giant of a guy called Carl who was certainly better informed horticultural-wise than his predecessor and actually knew all the Latin names for plants in the garden. He immediately identified the beanstalk as Japanese Knotweed and enlightened me as to its dangerous implications and the special regulations governing its removal and destruction. Originally introduced into England as a decorative plant in the 19th century this invasive and rapid growing weed poses a threat to property structures due to its huge spreading root systems. It must be treated much like the removal and disposal of asbestos and every step needs to be strictly controlled and recorded as a legal requirement. People selling their houses are required to inform vendors of the presence of this weed which can adversely affect their survey and mortgage conditions of sale. He did ask me what I had done with the removed root and branches and I told him it had all gone to the municipal dump. He grinned saying; "Let’s just pretend I never asked you that question." Carl is confident he can eradicate this blight but it will take three or four seasons to successfully complete. His quotation was very reasonably priced so next week we begin the process and removal of it to a specially licensed landfill site for incineration. Let's just hope this Jap crap never darkens your doorstep or ever sets foot in your back yards. Pedro  | ||
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| Subject: RE: The Beanstalk Saga Continues And we in Georgia continue to thank Former President Carter for introducing Kudzu to the State when he was Governor. Supposed to have been good cattle feed. Really good at killing any native plants and trees by smothering. Great place for snakes. Exceptional for hornets nests so you can find them while bush hogging to get your pasture back. Thank goodness for enclosed cab tractors. Used to be real fun with an open 8N Ford Tractor.  | |||
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| Subject: RE: The Beanstalk Saga Continues Walt, that's one of the reasons they make 9mm for. When we lived out in the sticks near York, SC, just South of Charlotte, NC, we staked them out on 6' lead and they did right well. Of course, we had to move the stakes every day but they got the job done and the copperheads weren't a problem anymore either | |||
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