"Aaron Morris" wrote
> Yes, bamboo. Japanese knotweed is a northern-hardy, true bamboo.
Now if they had said Knotweed...
But surely this is not a true bamboo? A quick search found that it is also
known as Japanese Bamboo, False Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo etc, but it is a
member of the Polygonacea - which are not bamboos. I see that Buckwheat and
rhubarb are also members of the Polygonacea and that you can eat the young
shoots of Knotweed (cut at 6-8" growth).
Peter Edwards
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