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FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 15 hours agoThe plants are nigh impossible to control or remove. They’re like mint; only plant it in the ground if you hate yourself and your neighbors :)
I know the Himalayan blackberry and they are awful to have on your property. Each year all too much time is diverted towards controlling it and attempting to eliminate it. The birds (if they exist) eat them and spread the seeds. They pop up where you thought you’d already handled them. Ug.
We do collect them to make cobblers and such, but I would gladly do without that if I could rid us of them entirely.
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Mint doesn’t need to be put in the ground. Just put it in a pot outside, it’ll do the rest, and leave you with some level of plausible deniability.
I know this because my ex got some different types of mint to grow, since we both loved it. She put them in pots on the front porch, about 4 feet off the ground.
That mint found its way to the lawn. We still don’t know where it started from, just that the pot was flourishing, and then so was the yard. The new owner of that house is still finding mint growing in random parts.
Is mint bad for yards? A fully mint lawn sounds incredible.
It can choke out native plant life, if left to do its thing. It is an invasive species for non-native areas, and that can even come down to what type of mint is native.
The main issues are that mint doesn’t have a lot of requirements to grow, and is notoriously hard to kill. If it’s in a place it can survive, it can and will thrive left unchecked.
Yeah no joke, mint grows THICC. Smells lovely though and very nutritious ang good for Mojitos! Mo-ji-tos!
Also mint is native in some places it’s like that.
Bamboo as well.
Oh man. My mother was a huge fan of landscaping with invasive species. This is also a place that has had a lot of local plants absolutely smothered by kudzu vine. Bamboo was going in right as I was moving to another state. Maybe it was a good idea to cut contract with her, I can’t imagine it’s been cheap or easy to maintain
Bamboo is fine. Just dont plant too much, and cut it back. You’ll never pay for stakes or sticks again.
Perpetual work. Sounds like a viable business strategy.
Mint is “ok”.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Thanks, I know what I’m planting!