Time: 8:00 am-10:00 am
Place: Aug 25 - Whalebone Cove, Aug 26 - Start at Reed Landing, Old Hamburg Rd. Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us in the fight against invasive knotweed and learn to control it on your own property.
On Friday, help tackle the patch at Whalebone Creek.
On Saturday, come help with the last cut of the third year to remove the invasive knotweed at Reeds Landing and Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Rd. Keep tuned. In September, we will plant native plants to fill the vacuum to compete with and hopefully prevent the knotweed from coming back.
Registration Appreciated: (walk-ins welcome)
For Friday, Aug 25 at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net
For Saturday, Aug 26 at Reed Landing and Old Hamburg Road. Openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.
Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant which crowds out native plants that pollinators and other wildlife depend upon for survival. We are in our third year of tackling the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and remove the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August). We are seeing progress! The knotweed has been highly reduced where we have used this method for the last 2 years. We don’t cut more often or it won’t weaken the extensive root system. The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
