Last week this was a wilderness area.
--bflr-
Hope it never becomes endangered!
Say what?? The grass escaped?? Is someone smoking it?
I need a dwarf grass that grows to a height of about 1" and stops growing, stays green most of the year, is hardy to -20 degrees, has long roots so that it can survive a drought and is soft, not stiff, does well in both sun and shade, requires minimal watering, and must resist pests and herbicides.
In other words, the lazy man's perfect lawn.
It escaped without USDA approval???? What about the FDA, did they approve its escape??
If they were controlling things generations ago, they would have burned Luther Burbank's home to the ground, with him in it.
A lawn that won't die? How bad can that be? I mean, unless it develops an opposable thumb and starts making assault weapons in its basement.
But can goats eat it?
There will be an increased need for goat pasture in the near future.
Bentgrass is a perennial, so once out there it regrows year after year, whereas most GM crops - mainly soybeans, maize and canola (oilseed rape) - are annuals, unable to reproduce, harvested each year and replaced with an entirely new crop the next. Another worry is that unlike the other GM crops. . ."
I hope that someone makes the linkage. I'm all for improvements, such as rice that is high in beta keratin (golden rice). But then the ugly side comes along with folks like Monsanto who want to stymie the seed savers with modified crops (you must buy the seeds every year). While it hasn't happened *yet*, imagine the type of disaster if a major food crop were to be affected by one of Monsanto's (or any other concern) creations cross-pollinating. I'm not overreacting, just voicing a healthy concern.
This bit about the grass underscores that concern.
Oh no! Superior grass escapes!
USDA folks must kill it, fine us, dig it up, burn it, and make us plant inferior grass.
Big fines, huge cleanup. USDA in charge.
At least 50 million must be spent to prevent superior grass from spreading.
Replant golf courses with weeds.
We don't need to worry about the escaped grass. I know some golfers who will take care of it. All we need to do is drop a golf ball on it. They are so bad, the grass will be gone before the ball.
Trifids???
Perhaps we should have creeping bentgrass face off against kudzu on the battlefield....
What a product! It literally sells itself.
That's a heck of a headline
Is it just me that sees this as a REALLY BIG DEAL!?!?!?
It was a hybrid. A cross of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about it is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus.
Last week this was a wilderness area.
So, GM is finally making that 'grass'-based vehicle from "Up In Smoke"?
The plant, creeping bentgrass...just exactly what part of CREEPING don't they understand???