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What a quandary! Our first community association contest for an ugly area that needs beautification has just picked a winner! It's a lovely little 'pocket park' on a single lot donated to the city by the owner on his death (he had no family). The city maintains it, sort of, but it's overgrown by a rampant weed plant known as Japanese Knotweed (polygonum cuspidatum). I found it in PlantFiles and it's almost impossible to eradicate. 23 negatives! http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/32028/index.html
We (the Trees & Greenspace Committee of the community association) are now grappling with the larger public policy issue of using a herbicide in a park (albeit small). Do we go for the labour-intensive and not usually successful non-chemical solutions discussed in the PlantFiles postings, OR do we fence it off for a month, bring out the big guns (herbicide) and just get rid of it?
Or do we just give in to this bully and forget about trying to make this park a better place for its users?
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