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Index of Subjects My aunt and uncle who live just outside of Parrsboro, have had a patch of Japanese Knotweed for at least 40 years; it has not expanded if anything the patch has gotten smaller the last 10 years. I think other plants have crowded it out. On the other hand, someone purchased a house down the street from me a few years ago and decided he wanted to get rid of a small patch in his back yard. The more he tried the more the patch expanded. It was almost like watching a cartoon. The faster he tried to dig it out and till it up the more it grew. Trees have grown up between here and the patch so I am not sure how that battle is going. Marian Fulton Hantsport -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Margaret E.Millard Sent: 17 August 2008 00:52 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] a positive aside on Japanese Knotweed well I can't get to mow it, it is growing up through a jumble of dumped concrete. I mow where I can get to flat and stopped digging it as I realised that was fruitless, but this spring I did try pouring acid I purchased from a fish plant down into the stalks but it didn't bat an eye. It has travelled across our yard and now is in the ditch across the road and I do worry about that blocking up the culverts as we can get a lot of water coming through there in a tropical storm. As I said birds love it. Marg Millard, White Point, Queens http://margmillard.ca
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