• makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Not a botanist but as a southerner I’d go to the Centennial Expo and the Chicago World’s fair to try to keep Kudzu out of America. That weed is a fucking problem

  • weariedfae@lemmy.world
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    Sorry, nah, I’d be punching Luther Burbank in the dick and setting everything he had on fire.

    (Himalayan blackberry)

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      7 minutes ago

      you may have explained why our blackberries are so good. we’ve been cloning a california blackberry everywhere we move, and all the nurseries here sell himalayan blackberries. we’ve also got a little patch of wild california blackberries in the hills we’re tending. got the best jam.

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    3 hours ago

    At the same time, if the time traveler could prevent the American vines to be imported in Europe it would be great !

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      6 hours ago

      https://www.waldwissen.net/en/forestry/forest-protection/fungi-and-nematodes/chestnut-blight

      Chestnut blight is caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (formerly known as Endothia parasitica). The pathogen originates from East Asia, where it occurs as a weak parasite on the resistant Japanese (Castanea crenata) and Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima). In the early 20th century, the fungus was accidentally introduced into the USA with infected plant material, triggering a dramatic epidemic that almost completely eradicated the extensive forests of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in the eastern USA.

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          I am assuming because a) Japanese, as the other person said and b) Gundam is where robots in the future fight bad guys, right? So the invasive chestnut species is the bad guy, therefore Gundam

          Also maybe Gundam has time travel, idk. I haven’t watched it so I’m pulling this from thin air. I just know Gundam has cool fighting robots