Hi all. A 100 acre woodland is overrun by rhododendron ponticum. Some, if not most, of the plants have very thick and dense branches so they must be quite old. Other trees in the area are mostly oak, birch and pine. My question is if rhododendron ponticum should be controlled, should all of it be tackled at once and if so what is the best time of year to do this?
I've been looking at stem injection. My concern really is leaving a lot of the woodland bare. It's public access (not many people use it - it's quite isolated) so leaving areas bare may encourage greater footfall and prevent or slow new plant and tree growth.
Rhododendrons, the most destructive non-native plants in the British isles
The common rhododendron, Rhodedendron ponticum, is widely regarded to be the most destructive and widespread non-native terrestrial plant in Britain, and it has been responsible for the degradation of many of our native habitats, including our temperate rainforest, of which there is very little remaining to begin with.
It was introduced, as were many of our non-native plants, benign or otherwise, around 1760, in the so called ‘age of enlightenment’, when Britain was realising its place in an increasingly globalised world, and became very popular in Victorian times when the fashion amongst the intellectual elite (and financially well off), was to display how worldly one was by commissioning gardens full of exotic plants from far off places.
The Rhododendron, naturally found in the Iberian peninsula, (Spain and Portugal) is one of these plants, and proved to be very well suited to our climate, thriving in the woods and landscaped grounds of our country houses and estates, so became very popular as a quick and easy way of developing a showcase 18th century garden. It grows very fast, out-competes pretty much anything else, and found next to no resistance from pests or disease to its take over of our countryside.
Indefatigable and undefeatable
It is rather triffid-like in its behaviour, creeping inexorably across the forest floor it blankets out woods, it also recreates the acidic soils of its homeland too, and the nightmarishly tangled mass it’s branches form block any sunlight from reaching the woodland floor, all in all making it an indefatigable, and undefeatable foe for our native plants.
Herbivores, such as deer, which are not usually at all picky about what they graze, even eating Holly leaves if they are hungry, find Rhododendron unpalatable, as do other mammals and invertebrates too, this is due to the presence of phenols and diterpenes in the plant, both of these being toxic and bitter tasting natural compounds, (diterpenes give coffee it’s bitter flavour), studies have found that in mature woodland with a significant undergrowth of Rhododendron bird numbers are much lower than without.
Pathogenic vector
Rhododendron also hosts a serious plant pathogen; Phytophthora ramorum, which is a fungus with the potential to attack a wide variety of native woody plants, especially Oaks, where it is
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
And boy are my arms legs.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Rhododendrons, the most destructive non-native plants in the British isles
The common rhododendron, Rhodedendron ponticum, is widely regarded to be the most destructive and widespread non-native terrestrial plant in Britain, and it has been responsible for the degradation of many of our native habitats, including our temperate rainforest, of which there is very little remaining to begin with.
It was introduced, as were many of our non-native plants, benign or otherwise, around 1760, in the so called ‘age of enlightenment’, when Britain was realising its place in an increasingly globalised world, and became very popular in Victorian times when the fashion amongst the intellectual elite (and financially well off), was to display how worldly one was by commissioning gardens full of exotic plants from far off places.
The Rhododendron, naturally found in the Iberian peninsula, (Spain and Portugal) is one of these plants, and proved to be very well suited to our climate, thriving in the woods and landscaped grounds of our country houses and estates, so became very popular as a quick and easy way of developing a showcase 18th century garden. It grows very fast, out-competes pretty much anything else, and found next to no resistance from pests or disease to its take over of our countryside.
Indefatigable and undefeatable
It is rather triffid-like in its behaviour, creeping inexorably across the forest floor it blankets out woods, it also recreates the acidic soils of its homeland too, and the nightmarishly tangled mass it’s branches form block any sunlight from reaching the woodland floor, all in all making it an indefatigable, and undefeatable foe for our native plants.
Herbivores, such as deer, which are not usually at all picky about what they graze, even eating Holly leaves if they are hungry, find Rhododendron unpalatable, as do other mammals and invertebrates too, this is due to the presence of phenols and diterpenes in the plant, both of these being toxic and bitter tasting natural compounds, (diterpenes give coffee it’s bitter flavour), studies have found that in mature woodland with a significant undergrowth of Rhododendron bird numbers are much lower than without.
Pathogenic vector
Rhododendron also hosts a serious plant pathogen; Phytophthora ramorum, which is a fungus with the potential to attack a wide variety of native woody plants, especially Oaks, where it is
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