[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Jay Weigel]

Hackberry and ailanthus here, not to mention the blackberries.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The most annoying invasive plant in my yard is Black Locust. Horrible
> wretched things.
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Bamboo was the scourge of my parents' backyard in Knoxville. My dad
> fought
> > a losing battle with the stuff. And we won't talk about honeysuckle
> (which
> > I partially forgive because of its sweet scent) or the worst of all, the
> > plant that ate the south, KUDZU! When our Adam was in Iraq, we threatened
> > to send him some in a care package that he could plant near an oasis. We
> > figured if it spread, maybe the Sunnis and Shiites would get so busy
> > fighting it that they would forget to fight each other. He said Iraq was
> > too dry, though.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Had J knotweed in Syracuse. It volunteered at the edge of our back lot
> > > line and grew into a massive living fence the summer before I went
> > looking
> > > to find out more about it. After 8 years living there we never did
> > totally
> > > eradicate it
> > >
> > > Lynn
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Charles Wohlers <
> > charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Haven't seen pokeweed in Vermont. It does exist in Massachusetts, but
> > > isn't generally a problem. Now, Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose,
> > OTOH
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Chad Wohlers
> > > about to get out his machete and attack the Japanese knotweed in
> > > Woodbury, VT USA
> > > chadwohl at satucket.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> > > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 12:18 AM
> > > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > > Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 9/6/2015 8:30:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > gracecan at gmail.com writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > I  worked on clearing the tree sized pokeweed  >>>>>
> > >
> > >
> > > I have not encountered this plant here in Pennsylvania nor in
> > > my home Upper Midwest States.
> > >
> > > Thank God!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David Strang.
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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>
> Christopher Hart
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