I totally agree. Luckily I enjoy maintaining the fruit trees so it’s not a big deal for me personally. And I figured I’d give this a go before deciding to rip the whole thing out and start over. Time will tell whether that was the correct choice but I’m having fun with this experiment so far.
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If you look back long enough, every organism has been invasive at some time. Humans definitely have been, surprises me that many seem to be not aware of this fact.
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that is not true. humans are a key part in making plants and such invasive.
So, what do you think happens after an ice age, for example?
Everything is invasive so nothing is invasive?
What are you even talking about? You sound like Mr. Smith from The matrix telling neo that mankind is a virus on this planet.
Frankly, I have no interest and getting into some philosophical debate about the nature of invasive organisms.
I’m here because I like to grow fruit trees. I’m going to stick to talking about fruit trees.
Yes. My point is that the debate invasive vs native is an idealistic narrative that has no scientific basis. One should instead ask: did this plant/ animal species recently get here and do we still have an opportunity to eradicate it again? Do we want it in our environment or not? This would be purely pragmatic. And yes, it does impact us, because the measures taken to eradicate “invasive plants” are quite severe (eg wide reaching herbicide use).
Like I said, I’m here to talk about fruit trees
If you want to have a philosophical about the nature of invasive and native species, feel free to engage with someone else. I’ve seen what the blue catfish does in the Chesapeake Bay. You’re not going to convince me that invasive species “are an idealistic narrative that has no scientific basis”. You are not changing my mind.
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When a State makes a plant illegal; I honor that that decision under Democratic Republic norms. I do not try to hide the species. It is not like there is a shortage of perfectly good alternatives.
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Do you actively seek out and kill those invasives on your property on your own dime?
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I do. I have converted my property to all natives or non invasive edibles.
Removing invasives is a big priority to me. My property is small though. If it was large i would focus on removing most aggressive invasives, think multiflora rose, japanese knotweed, amur honeysuckle, stiltgrass, japanesw barbery, callery pear.
With my small peoperty i can successfully remove every non native species though.
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I do if it is a threat to native flora and fauna.