Look out for HOGWEED

Nuggler

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And can't be added to a salad?

Did you know the land owners are required by law to kill them or face fines?

Wanna dress up in full scuba gear to do battle with it.!

Nothing in the news to speak of.

Sooner or later some MP's kid will get blinded by it and the feces will contact the air conditioning.

Till then, enjoy the view kids.

I'm buyin beer, TD stock, and havin a BBQ

Drop over, it's Fri. night

BYOB.
 

bill barilko

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Typical for this crowd

 

Twila

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Crime Stoppers has an app?

no, invasive species has an app for reporting...course you're reporting the weed, not your neighbour.

Sadly, it has the wholey unimaginative name of Report - A - Weed....
 

gopher

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Why use weed spray? Wouldn't it make more sense to use machinery that uproots it (seeds and all) and burns it?

Here in Gopherland we had difficulty with a type of seaweed that infected our lakes. They tried using spray but it wasn't entirely effective. Then they used machines that scooped the weeds completely out of the water and it worked far better. Seems like a better system for hogweed, one would think.
 

lone wolf

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Why use weed spray? Wouldn't it make more sense to use machinery that uproots it (seeds and all) and burns it?

Here in Gopherland we had difficulty with a type of seaweed that infected our lakes. They tried using spray but it wasn't entirely effective. Then they used machines that scooped the weeds completely out of the water and it worked far better. Seems like a better system for hogweed, one would think.
In the places it grows around here, you'd need a bulldozer and dragline
 

gopher

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In the places it grows around here, you'd need a bulldozer and dragline



That's what the government used here to rid the place of free growing cannabis (shame on the govt for doing so!). If any seeds were left over on the ground a limited amount of fires were burned to kill them off. Rather than do that with cannabis, the government should do so with hogweed where it exists.
 

petros

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no, invasive species has an app for reporting...course you're reporting the weed, not your neighbour.

Sadly, it has the wholey unimaginative name of Report - A - Weed....

Far out. Sure it's not about grows?

Why use weed spray? Wouldn't it make more sense to use machinery that uproots it (seeds and all) and burns it?

Here in Gopherland we had difficulty with a type of seaweed that infected our lakes. They tried using spray but it wasn't entirely effective. Then they used machines that scooped the weeds completely out of the water and it worked far better. Seems like a better system for hogweed, one would think.

Why? Guaranteed death.

Yep. Whole mess of them.

Crime Stopper App

I have weather and that s about it for non-android apps.
 

gopher

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Ah, I got ya = you're saying put these mail order brides to work in clearing out the weeds.

That'll keep 'em, busy. After all, busy hands are happy hands ...
 

SLM

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I have weather and that s about it for non-android apps.

Apps are everywhere, man, everywhere!

People want something to be paranoid about? Forget aliens or government conspiracies....it's the freaking apps! They're slowly taking over.

 

petros

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Apps are everywhere, man, everywhere!

People want something to be paranoid about? Forget aliens or government conspiracies....it's the freaking apps! They're slowly taking over.


When they come up with an app that will fetch me a cold brew from the kitchen, count me in otherwise they are useless.