Re: Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

Louise --

Interesting!  I'll have to look up any culinary references.  Not that I'm
looking for a new food source, but one never knows.  ;-)

By "useless," though, I meant that the canes of F. japonica cannot be
used like any of the true bamboos -- some of which are every bit
invasive, and have taken over a riverbank or two (or seventy) here in the
eastern U.S.

Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B


On Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:38:39 +0100 "Louise"
<louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> 
> >The "bamboo"
> > moniker is based on appearance alone; the canes are
> useless.
> 
> Not completely useless Dean.  I once watched a tv programme
> when someone was interviewed who had many times tried to
> eradicate it, without success (weedkiller didn't work).  The
> only thing he could do with it that was useful was to cook
> it!  I can't remember the recipe now, but I think it was
> something sweet, possibly cooking it like rhubarb.
> 
> There's lots of it growing round here.  It's a big problem.
> 
> Louise, Surrey, England
> 
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