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Giant, Toxic Weed Poses Health Risk
http://news.discovery.com ^ | Tue Jul 19, 2011 07:48 AM ET | By Emily Sohn

Posted on 07/19/2011 1:01:57 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I’ve only seen a couple of japanese beetles this year.

I collect them and dump them in the lake for the bluegills.


21 posted on 07/19/2011 1:23:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Cowman

:: so they can fine you for growing illegal cabbage ::

Illegal cabbage? I thought they used infrared cameras to make that determination. Guess I gotta make a few changes in “the yard”.


22 posted on 07/19/2011 1:23:41 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Red Badger

bump


23 posted on 07/19/2011 1:23:46 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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To: dagogo redux; Cowman

Cowman, pls disregard my previous post to you.

dagogo redux....

Outstanding post!


24 posted on 07/19/2011 1:24:03 PM PDT by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
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To: cripplecreek

:: dump them in the lake for the bluegills ::

You do impale them on a hook first, right?


25 posted on 07/19/2011 1:25:16 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Nah, I just make bigger bluegills


26 posted on 07/19/2011 1:28:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I bought a kayak and with my fly rod am becoming a bluegill catcher par excellance


27 posted on 07/19/2011 1:29:35 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ....Flash mobs are trickle down leftwing REDISTRIBUTION))
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To: Red Badger; Tijeras_Slim
Even worse, its sap is extremely poisonous

I'm more poisonous.

28 posted on 07/19/2011 1:30:11 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: dagogo redux

But Giant Hogweed is Caucasian.


29 posted on 07/19/2011 1:31:10 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Red Badger
giant hogweed has been found growing in...Washington, D.C....

Why of course. The home of the biggest hogs of all.

30 posted on 07/19/2011 1:32:49 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (It's not really 'cut, cap and balance,' it's 'tinker, obfuscate, borrow and spend.')
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I read, sadly, that Roundup is not working as well as it used to. I hope that’s not true. It was always magic.


31 posted on 07/19/2011 1:35:41 PM PDT by brytlea (Someone the other day said I'm not a nice person. How did they know?)
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To: martin_fierro

Contrary to popular belief, Roundup won’t kill everything.................Nutsedge is immune...........


32 posted on 07/19/2011 1:37:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
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To: Red Badger

Who wins if the hogweed goes head to head with kudzu?


33 posted on 07/19/2011 1:42:25 PM PDT by Nachoman (Wisdom is learned, cynicism is earned.)
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To: bert; cripplecreek
Been slaying bluegills, sunfish and redears with my fly rod for years .

Look around on-line for poppers (8, 10 and even 12 sizes). Try these: http://tinyurl.com/3omodt6

Nothing like seeing them rise to the surface and slurp them in. My grandsons love to go with me...I hook 'em and they peel the line in. Literally, hours of fun.

Late in the day, you can get serious. Tie on a bigger surface popper (I use a size 4 "frog" or "mouse") and target bucket-mouth bass. If you get one good size bass (patience...it may take a week or more) to take that bait you have a memory that keeps bringing you back!

Stay in touch with your efforts.

34 posted on 07/19/2011 1:43:05 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Red Badger

When you have a big plant, you gotta show one that's big.

Reminds me of one of the photoshops of a guy with a giant cat, squirrel, fish, etc. Where's the giant petunia?

These suckers are perennials, too.

35 posted on 07/19/2011 1:46:16 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Nachoman

Invasive species tag team wrestling. I’ll put my purple loosestrife and eurasian milfoil up against your Kudzu and hogweed any day.


36 posted on 07/19/2011 1:46:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: brytlea
I read, sadly, that Roundup is not working as well as it used to. I hope that’s not true. It was always magic.It's true. See, when you grow crops that have been genectically modified to be "Round Up Ready" and soak them with Round Up, some of those weeds are going to survive. Those weeds have seeds and evolution continues on it's merry pace.
37 posted on 07/19/2011 1:48:40 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (No one is more against progress than a progressive.)
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To: brytlea

The Roundup you buy at homodepot is really watered down. Their patent is gone so maybe they are stretching it even more to maintain the margin.

You have to have a Applicators License to buy the real stuff.

Since their patent ran out there are some better ones available.


38 posted on 07/19/2011 1:48:52 PM PDT by dusttoyou ("Progressives" are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
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To: bert; SpaceBar

It’s immune to our herbicidal batterings ...


39 posted on 07/19/2011 1:49:24 PM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: Red Badger

I thought we had a giant toxic weed sitting in the WH?


40 posted on 07/19/2011 1:54:11 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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