▲ 267 ▼ HAIL HYDRA! (mander.xyz) submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (5 children) Lol good luck with that! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (4 children) Well we had it in our backyard and did exactly that. It's not there anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (3 children) Then you're lucky. Our government tried this and failed miserably. The rhizomes grow pretty deep and are very resistant, so burning and cutting shouldn't really do much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children) Well if you cut it completely every day or every feq days it will run out of stored energy eventually and stop growing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I feel like we're talking about different plants because that shouldn't work at all. Knotweed can survive very harsh condition. Unless you're digging out the rhizomes, there's no way to "cut it completely" really. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Is it japanese knotweed? I don't know it might be a different plant. I have no clue what it's called in english but it looks exactly like what we had in our garden permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (4 children) Well we had it in our backyard and did exactly that. It's not there anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (3 children) Then you're lucky. Our government tried this and failed miserably. The rhizomes grow pretty deep and are very resistant, so burning and cutting shouldn't really do much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children) Well if you cut it completely every day or every feq days it will run out of stored energy eventually and stop growing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I feel like we're talking about different plants because that shouldn't work at all. Knotweed can survive very harsh condition. Unless you're digging out the rhizomes, there's no way to "cut it completely" really. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Is it japanese knotweed? I don't know it might be a different plant. I have no clue what it's called in english but it looks exactly like what we had in our garden permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (3 children) Then you're lucky. Our government tried this and failed miserably. The rhizomes grow pretty deep and are very resistant, so burning and cutting shouldn't really do much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children) Well if you cut it completely every day or every feq days it will run out of stored energy eventually and stop growing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I feel like we're talking about different plants because that shouldn't work at all. Knotweed can survive very harsh condition. Unless you're digging out the rhizomes, there's no way to "cut it completely" really. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Is it japanese knotweed? I don't know it might be a different plant. I have no clue what it's called in english but it looks exactly like what we had in our garden permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children) Well if you cut it completely every day or every feq days it will run out of stored energy eventually and stop growing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I feel like we're talking about different plants because that shouldn't work at all. Knotweed can survive very harsh condition. Unless you're digging out the rhizomes, there's no way to "cut it completely" really. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Is it japanese knotweed? I don't know it might be a different plant. I have no clue what it's called in english but it looks exactly like what we had in our garden permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I feel like we're talking about different plants because that shouldn't work at all. Knotweed can survive very harsh condition. Unless you're digging out the rhizomes, there's no way to "cut it completely" really. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Is it japanese knotweed? I don't know it might be a different plant. I have no clue what it's called in english but it looks exactly like what we had in our garden permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Is it japanese knotweed? I don't know it might be a different plant. I have no clue what it's called in english but it looks exactly like what we had in our garden permalink fedilink source parent
