Earlier quoted context omitted.
no wonder the damned things keep coming back!
That's where glyphosate comes in handy.
The cancer was worth it to rid ourselves of a mildly offensive flower.
Root System Drawings
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Whats the units?
It says cm, so centimeters (1/100 meter) - slightly less than 0.4 inches
decimal place issues... I hope.
there are ten mm in a cm
456cm == 4560mm
there are 24.5 mm per inch (it is the law).
4550mm / 25.4 = 179.527 inches
or about 14.9 feet
which is about 5 yards
which is 20% of a 'murican football field if that helps
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#53How are these produced? I assume they're not actually digging a giant trench and taking a section, but are the drawings based on measurements of a specific individual in some way? In any case, very cool to have such a collection.
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Always good to have a weed puller in your toolshed. A stand-up puller, specifically, that operates as a lever, allowing it to first grab deeply and then through a rotation of the handle it pulls out quite a bit of the root system. A lifesaver if you have a rain garden which is really just a synonym for weed garden.
Any recommendations for a particular weed puller?
This CobraHead weeder has worked well for me
https://www.amazon.com/CobraHead-Original-Weeder-Cultivator-...
Re: Root System Drawings
#55How are these produced? I assume they're not actually digging a giant trench and taking a section, but are the drawings based on measurements of a specific individual in some way? In any case, very cool to have such a collection.
Collection history page has a photo for part of the process https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13
Bit higher quality: https://imgur.com/a/MPpogJv
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's where glyphosate comes in handy.
The cancer was worth it to rid ourselves of a mildly offensive flower.
I reckon you could skip spraying it if you were going to eat it anyway.
Did you know that wheat in the US is sprayed with glyphosate right before harvest? It causes all the wheat to dry evenly, avoiding the need to cut down the wheat and windrow it for drying. This means extra weeks in the growing season to squeeze another crop in.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
It says cm, so centimeters (1/100 meter) - slightly less than 0.4 inches
decimal place issues... I hope. there are ten mm in a cm 456cm == 4560mm there are 24.5 mm per inch (it is the law). 4550mm / 25.4 = 179.527 inches or about 14.9 feet which is about 5 yards which is 20% of a 'murican football field if that helps
The above comment was pointing out that each 1 centimeter is slightly less than 0.4 inches. If you want to be more precise, each centimeter is about 0.3937 inches.
Re: Root System Drawings
#60Ever thought you yanked a dandelion out by the entire root? Think again: https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/676/rec/3
Always good to have a weed puller in your toolshed. A stand-up puller, specifically, that operates as a lever, allowing it to first grab deeply and then through a rotation of the handle it pulls out quite a bit of the root system. A lifesaver if you have a rain garden which is really just a synonym for weed garden.
the link is to a dandelion root system that goes 450 centimeters into the ground, or 4.5 meters / 5 yards.
we'd like to know how much of that weed would your weed puller pull if your weed puller pulled a full pull?