posted 11 years ago
Japanese knotweed? Could you post pics? As far as I know, they are in the family polygonaceae, and I think they fix nitrogen, but I'm still looking for info on that. I don't know what your livestock plans are, but if you don't have any, I think that tearing out the
roots is the only option available. I have them growing in the space between garages on my city lot. I use last year's dried stalks as
carbon in my
compost. Trying it as bedding for my worms. I would love to know if goats would eat it, or
rabbits for that matter. But if its the bamboo-looking green and red plant with smooth-edged almost spade-shaped leaves, an early bloomer with a weeping-looking white cluster of blossoms that the pollinators just love, good luck doing anything but working with it.
-CK
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein