Re: Garden flame weeder

I agree with this method, Peter, and would further add that a good time to make your move is in late summer/early fall, when the plant is sending starch reserves down to that daunting root system. C'est la guerre...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Garnham <editor@hamptons.com>
To: gardenwriters <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, May 4, 2015 5:07 pm
Subject: [GWL] Garden flame weeder


I use the Red Dragon backpack flame weeder. I had an infestation of
Japanese
Knotweed on a property here, and I mowed it to death. I set the mower
to the
lowest level and scalped it, over and over, every time it appeared.
After
two years, I wore it out! The tubers store energy, like a battery, and
by
forcing it to keep using that energy but not recharge by photosynthesis
I
beat
it.




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