At some point even highly invasive plants like JK have to respect laws of thermodynamics. You get it eventually!
On that note, the dried knotweed stalks are fun to burn because their bamboo-like segments are divided by a membrane that seals them shut, so they pop quite satisfyingly. Our kids were sad that they ran out of it at some point after a while harvesting the stalks behind our yard.
I'm starting to suspect that this plant either violates the laws of thermodynamics, works by geothermal energy it sucks from its roots which seem to go down to the tectonic plates, or perhaps by radioactive decay of radon in the ground.
On that note, the dried knotweed stalks are fun to burn because their bamboo-like segments are divided by a membrane that seals them shut, so they pop quite satisfyingly. Our kids were sad that they ran out of it at some point after a while harvesting the stalks behind our yard.