GoGardenNews - Items of gardening and ecological interest — invasive species
Controlling buckthorn.
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University of Minnesota Extension has published an article on eradicating buckthorn from your landscape. Those of you who have this problem should read this article.
Getting rid of "Po Annie"
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The United States Golf Association recently published an article about how to prevent the rise of Poa annua (annual bluegrass) in golf courses. This is the season when it becomes so abundant. Of course, there's a lot for us homeowners to learn here.
Gardener reveals ‘lazy’ hack for fighting off pesky invasive weeds.
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It's not a revelation. Ruth Stout promoted this method many years ago, but Yahoo News reports, "Gardening can be pretty high maintenance, but one TikToker shared her favorite gardening hack to cut down on your to-do list. Apparently, it all comes down to mulching."
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Scientists have developed a radical new solution to seek and destroy invasive spotted lanternflies.
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"The TartanPest [robot] is a promising tool in the war against the spotted lanternfly. Using machine learning, the TartanPest can identify spotted lanternfly nests and remove them before they can do the environment harm."
Discover the vine that took over the South
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Media station 103 GBF reported on kudzu, the vine that ate the South. "This pest plant is called Kudzu. Pronounced (Kud-zoo) It grows rapidly over anything in its path..."
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