Re: Garden flame weeder

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> On May 4, 2015, at 5:12 PM, Teri Chace via gardenwriters <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
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> 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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> Teri Chace
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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
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> 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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