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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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https://vtinvasives.org/news-events/...treat-knotweed
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Fox
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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What an interesting idea!! Easy to do, more or less 'one time application', environmentally friendly method.
It also gets the imagination thinking about dealing with other difficult to control invasive plants using this concept. Maybe 1/4" or 1/8" hardware cloth for phragmites, 1/8" cloth for non-native thistles?? 1/8" hardware cloth is sometimes hard to find, but is is available. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Fencer-Wire-1-8-in-x-2-ft-x-100-ft-27-Gauge-Hardware-Cloth-CA27-2X100MF18/306743905 Nice find Dap!
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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I like how you are extrapolating its use on other invasives. I might have to try your idea out on our mugwort problem!
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I have thought about it, but I would think mowing would prevent it from photosynthesizing--and work faster than girdling. Still, it would require less work--energy I could expend on other projects or maintenance. Something to think about.
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Grub
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I think the same method may be true for mugwort. I have loads of that bastard. It pulls out all innocently, but then you realize there's a 1/2" diameter root system that crisscrosses your entire yard. Gah. |
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Grub
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I can just envision seeing the metal hardware cloth being pushed up in the air because of the force of the knotweed growing.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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Good point - some tent/garden stakes or heavy objects would have to be included in the plan.
Another consideration is that it probably would not work for woody plants, since many of them have the ability to heal around a bark injury. The bark injury from the wire mesh would most likely only affect part of the stem at any given time.
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Grub
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: NJ
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I saw some knotweed growing in an empty lot today, except it was covering about 1/4 acre. That would be a lot of hardware cloth.
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Offical Silphium Abuser
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southeast Ohio
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Interesting idea. I started out the spring whacking knotweed along the portion of our town's river trail near the house, having read that cutting it to the ground every two weeks is likely to kill it in a couple of years. Unfortunately, I lost track of time and went back a week late--and the new knotweed is nearly as tall as I am!
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