7 responses to “Does Invasive Always Equal Evil?”

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   dfr2010

   June 15, 2013

   About cutting down a mimosa tree … I did that the first week after moving in to my new place here in Putnam County. Now, about every other week, I pull green shoots off the "stump" and toss them into the closest compost pile.

   Good thing the previous owners only planted one!

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      Arisia

      June 15, 2013

      Years ago, my neighbor helped me cut down a mimosa tree. It was dropping seeds in my garden and they kept sprouting. I didn't want more of those. He told me they were good at coming back, so we dug out the roots way out almost to the ends and dumped gasoline on them. It was quite a project, but it never came back.

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   Survival Gardener, AKA David the Good

   June 16, 2013

   MURDERERS!

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      dfr2010

      June 16, 2013

      Can't murder a zombie …! Trust me, I am still trying (short of digging it out by the roots).

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   vikram krishnamoorthy

   August 7, 2013

   If you want an edible invasive, try ivy gourd. THe unripe fruits are great cooked.

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      Survival Gardener, AKA David the Good

      August 7, 2013

      Thanks!

      I had neighbors from India when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure that's what they had growing on their fence. It was a delicious cucumber-like perennial. I'd love to find those again.

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      vikram krishnamoorthy

      September 6, 2013

      You can probably find them online. The root from cuttings, so one plant is all you need to get started. An investment of sorts, with a really large return.