Talk:Japanese knotweed

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[edit] History

The following is just rough background knowledge, not substantiated: it was brought into the UK around the Victorian era as a decorative plant in gardens. It's spread quickly to most parts of the country, grows on railway embankments, roadsides, motorway verges. In the UK climate at least it's very vigorous, and regarded in the UK as a pest; apparently it's one of only 2 plants whose propagation is forbidden by law. -- Tarquin

I've removed:

in the mid-1800's, and to the U.S. in the late 1800's.

because such precision makes me wonder if the writer means the 19th century or the decade of the 1800s. -- Tarquin 09:46 Jan 6, 2003 (UTC)

That quote clearly looks to be about a century period, not a decade. 69.87.203.190 20:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] So British

The species is a frequent invader in Europe and the U.K.

Is the British island forms part to the American continent? Plate tectonics? ;) Pixeltoo 15:14, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] grow on windowsill

What is the best way to raise shoots indoors for consumption year-round? 69.87.200.9 20:40, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

What growing conditions (temp/light etc) make it sprout? Make it die back? Keep it dormant? 69.87.194.175 21:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC) japanese knotweed is the best plant a baby panda could play with so if you own a zoo give that new panda a japanese knotweed

[edit] Question about link provided

Back in 2003 when I edited this page I added a link to a website that I had created (http://www.knottybits.com/knotweed) . This appears to be in conflict with Wikipedia's current editing policy so I just want to put it out there in case someone wants to review the external links and decide whether my website should be deleted. Urtica 05:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry about it. The site seems informative and not WP:SPAM. My experience with WP:LINKS is that people periodically go around and trim out external links, and that might happen to this one (the criteria have a moderate degree of subjectivity, and external links are expected to come and go). But I don't think it should be a factor (in this case) that it was added by you instead of someone else. Kingdon 12:14, 21 August 2007 (UTC)