But even if you do someone else might not be. Then as those plants seeds spread you end up with herbiceide resistant weeds anyway.
I wish this was true, as we send billions abroad and have starving folks right here. I have no doubt our gov would sent food out of country in a shortage.
Tamarisk uses up way more water than willows for for the same amount of area, that is one of the main problems with it in the west. Also, beavers will eat it, I have some here along the river and they hit it along with the willows. Bastard has a target on him now though. He started fucking up my best tree on the property. If he would have stuck with the willows and Tammies Id have let him be. Now I have to cage my tree until I bust his ass. Really hoping it doesnt die.
Last time they talked about eradicating them along the river here, they said it wasn't true that they used more water than other river bottom plants. That coming Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the biologist.
Rock salt.
Yep, they used it for erosin control along the highways in Virginia. It took over and started killing everything. took years to get it even marginlly under control.
RM43 available at Tractor Supply and Rural King. Mix it hot with surfactant, works great.
extension.psu.edu Interesting. The NPS biologist I talked with that was doing the tami beetle study deal in Grand Canyon and Cataract Canyon said they not only out compete the willows but were super thirsty as well. Said the tiny leaves dump more moisture and the roots uptake like crazy. Made sense to me that the tiny leaves with more surface area would dump more moisture in the dry wind. Who the hell knows. All I know is the Tamis arent going anywhere.
Rocksprings. the town near my ranch in Texas, many years ago had lots of bubbling little springs with knee high grass and a huge Live Oak every 100 yds or so. Then ranchers came in with cattle and ate until they couldnt survive anymore so they bought in sheep and goats who completely denuded the land. Then prickley pear cactus and cedar came in. A large cedar tree/bush can evaporate 30 gallons a day. All the little springs dried up and now its near a wasteland. They have had some success in resowing the natives and restoring the ecosystem but its really expensive.
I would think small leaves, less stoma, less water. Plus it's a relatively small tree with few leaves and its a conifer which tends to evaporate less water due to the waxy costing on their leaves. But I had always heard the opposite also until the point I mentioned. Trees in general use lots of water though. They keep blaming this and that for us not having any water stored in our resviors around here, but they are empty because they make us run out 60% of winter storage and 100% of summer. Then they claim its a drought problem.
Their economy and money flow depends on us. If they wanted the US for something it would proabaly be our farmland. I just don't see the seed sabotage angle. I think people would staggered if they actually knew how many of the plants already here are invasive species.
Any idea what kills Bermuda grass best?
The Penasco is a spring creek east of Cloudcroft we used to fly fish. The locals mentioned that springs that had flowed for years were going dry. Then there was a big burn in the Sacramento's that killed off lots of vegetation and the springs started flowing again.
if they can't control us with viruses, they will use water and food scarcity.
Round up does the job, controlling the rhizomes is the challenge with Bermuda. Remedy will kill it, just way more expensive and more toxic. Little areas I just use the weed burner. We have some in front of the shop and house in the gravel. Instead of using chemicals I just use the weed burner
