October 12, 2005

Solutions from unexpected places

Japanese Knotweed is nasty stuff - it prospers over a wide range at the expense of lots of other native plants. Fast growing (as much as 6"/day) it propegates freely and can spread quickly. Well it turns out, Jenn at Invasive Species blog found a link that outlines a possible use for Knotweed.
Weed Killaz
There is an interesting post over at Treehugger (previously known to me only as a place to find cool eco-friendly stuff to buy) about one weed's anti-fungal capabilities. Turns out that extracts from ground up and dried Giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis, Polygonum sachalinense, Reynoutria sachalinensis, etc.) have been found to very effective at preventing a variety of fungal infections, including the insidious powdery mildew. Which means, of course, that a company has come along that would like to spray it all over everything (Read the EPA docs here). The product, MilsanaŽ Bioprotectant Concentrate, has been under development for quite a few years, but while I found this label (.pdf), I can't seem to find any place to buy it - perhaps it is intended for commercial use only.
If this works on Apple Scab I will be very interested... Posted by DaveH at October 12, 2005 4:38 PM
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