[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Charles Wohlers]

No. Cut and stuck in the ground.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Lynn Ronkainen
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 3:25 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle

Chad, had the wood seasoned before she 'planted' the locust trunk??

L

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From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 2:21 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle

> My daughter cut a large black locust (trunk ~10" thick) down to use as 
> fence posts for her garden, as it doesn't rot. The cut posts started 
> sprouting new growth.
>
> Just back from playing "whack-a-mole" with the Japanese knotweed. Machetes 
> work real well on it.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Christopher Hart
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 2:48 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
>
> 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.
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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