<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpd85b48c4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>? I see pollen production on knotweed at my place, the bees love it. And I've always seen seed pods - so it would not be worth it to the plant ecologically speaking to bother producing seeds if not for some season where it would be beneficial - - seasonal triggers often do not get captured in one year, two year small site studies.. </div><div><br></div><div>but I did not read the article... just two -centencing- here lol. </div><div><br></div><div class="ydpd85b48c4signature"><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:new times, serif;"><div>Melissa A. Bravo, M.S. CCA, Agronomist </div><div>Meadow Lake Farm Consulting Services 814-574-4067 / bravomelissa@yahoo.com </div><div><br></div><br><br><div><div><br><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, May 9, 2019, 12:50:22 PM EDT, Muth, Norris (MUTH) <MUTH@juniata.edu> wrote:
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<div style="direction:ltr;">There’s some knotweed hybridization which implies at least pollen production - and quite likely seed production. But the lack of genetic variability argues for clonal spread only. It’s sort of a similar story to Phragmites australis.
Christina Richards - cited in the article - would likely know for sure.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr;">What do you say Dr. Richards? Viable seed production at all?</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] [External] Slate Article on Japanese Knotweed
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<p class="ydp5eb9d596yiv8022636433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">I don’t think there’s much evidence of seed production, although I recall someone studying the genetics of knotweed- Norris, do you recall that study?</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5eb9d596yiv8022636433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Knotweed is difficult to kill, but there’s some tricks to it (mowing it down first, letting it regrow, then spraying it)… and you have to keep after the patches. It’s got
a really strong root system, and once it gets started in a disturbed area (due to a root fragment moving in during disturbance) subsequent disturbances make it hard to get other species established.</span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [External] [MAIPC] Slate Article on Japanese Knotweed</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5eb9d596yiv8022636433MsoNormal">Read this article if you want to experience real terror...</p>
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<p class="ydp5eb9d596yiv8022636433MsoNormal">And two questions for possible discussion:</p>
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<p class="ydp5eb9d596yiv8022636433MsoNormal">1. Do MAIPC listserv readers find JK as hard to kill as described in the article?</p>
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<p class="ydp5eb9d596yiv8022636433MsoNormal">2. I have seen isolated plants come up in some odd places. Does anyone know whether there is any evidence of JK spreading by seeds in our mid-Atlantic area?</p>
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<p class="ydp5eb9d596yiv8022636433MsoNormal">Cheers, Steve Young, Arlington VA volunteer</p>
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