I recognize the damage this plant causes to the biodiversity of regions. It is a problem out here in California too. But, why not make use of the plant instead of just ripping it out and throwing it away? It's important to remove the rhizomes underground so the plant is not invasive, but then at least make use of the canes.
@@Mrdesertdave2u Mats, brooms, screens, walling, yellow dye, clarinets pipes, bagpipe pipes, pipe stems, roofing, walking sticks, basket weaving, and paper production are just a few of it's uses.
That's part of the reason it's here in this country. We don't need it to be farmed and used here for those items any longer. It escaped and is a multi-million dollar problem and harms biodiversity.
Use it for thatching -free roofing. Or making hurdles … how about chop and drop to increase organic carbon in soil .. How are you? What time is the charcoal then inoculate the charcoal to make biochar, then add the biochar to the soil This will enable your dry soil to hold onto far more water and moisture which will result in other plants. We colonising the desert. There has been created, probably from the removal of the trees that would’ve been there. Originally there is so much you can do rather than just to get up and dig out the roots. If you left the roots in and just kept dropping it down, it would weaken the plan over a number of years and then all the extra Biomass that you dropped onto the soil would result in an explosion of life by removing the Biomass you are removing the minerals and nutrients and carbon from that dusty, dry so I applaud you for getting the community together, but you need a little bit more creative holistic thinking
I recognize the damage this plant causes to the biodiversity of regions. It is a problem out here in California too. But, why not make use of the plant instead of just ripping it out and throwing it away? It's important to remove the rhizomes underground so the plant is not invasive, but then at least make use of the canes.
Have you worked with Arundo canes before? What suggestions do you have for using the canes?
@@Mrdesertdave2u Mats, brooms, screens, walling, yellow dye, clarinets pipes, bagpipe pipes, pipe stems, roofing, walking sticks, basket weaving, and paper production are just a few of it's uses.
I'm glad I found this out because I wanted this as a potted privacy plant but live by a ecologically sensitive area.
That's part of the reason it's here in this country. We don't need it to be farmed and used here for those items any longer. It escaped and is a multi-million dollar problem and harms biodiversity.
@@Mrdesertdave2u Mulch
busy work
Use it for thatching -free roofing. Or making hurdles … how about chop and drop to increase organic carbon in soil .. How are you? What time is the charcoal then inoculate the charcoal to make biochar, then add the biochar to the soil This will enable your dry soil to hold onto far more water and moisture which will result in other plants. We colonising the desert. There has been created, probably from the removal of the trees that would’ve been there. Originally there is so much you can do rather than just to get up and dig out the roots. If you left the roots in and just kept dropping it down, it would weaken the plan over a number of years and then all the extra Biomass that you dropped onto the soil would result in an explosion of life by removing the Biomass you are removing the minerals and nutrients and carbon from that dusty, dry so I applaud you for getting the community together, but you need a little bit more creative holistic thinking
you should give the canes to oboe reed makers