I don’t have any trouble containing my mini forest. It was formerly widely used as an astringent both internally and externally in the treatment of wounds, bleeding, piles and diarrhoea[4]. I am guessing the Fallopian tube reference is because the stems are hollow and are in fact tubes. I won’t be sending roots because they’re too deep to dig out. Fellow wild plant forager and nature lover, I can’t say how much root to put in a cup of water for medicinal affects. The prostrate knotweed contains small white flowers that are sometimes hidden within the knotweed. Renovating a garden in south Wicklow’, Hi Deane, Waste places, roadsides, railway embankments and the coast[9]. Cooking the leaves will reduce their content of oxalic acid. Has anyone harvested these as a food source, and if so, how have they been prepared? BTW, I grew up eating Poke Salet. This will probably take a few years! It makes the cells and mitochondria keep growing that’s anti ageing and can when added to red wine without the alcohol rebuild the telomer in the cells DNA ! It was time for the annual pot luck supper for the UVM Extension Master Gardeners, Rutland, VT chapter. The roots contain tannins, but the quantity was not given[223]. Would this destroy the Oxalic acid? Two of them. I miss eating it. If I remember correctly it first came to North America around 1912, just a century ago. I am interested in how to prepare the roots as a resveratrol supplement. Incidentally, the Giant Knotweed was “discovered” on Sakhalin Island, north of Japan, by Dr. H Weyrich, surgeon on the Russian expedition ship Vostok commanded by Captain Lieutenant Rimsky-Korsakov, older brother of the composer N.A. I do not use the internet for research. We have this problem at home in Wales and it gets to the stage here where insurance companies and banks won’t insure you/give a mortgage if there is any knotweed on the property. The plant is very variable and is seen by most botanists as an aggregate species of 4 very variable species, viz. My point here is your body is a plant that needs respect just like knot-weed or it gets out of control but knot weed keeps on living and give it a chance it would take over the world ! I was watching our chickens nibble Knotweed flowers this morning and now I’m wondering if its flowers are edible? Shall we thus call it a Native American food? It arrived in North America in the late 180os and is officially found in 39 of the 50 United States, probably more, and six provinces of Canada. If you have questions about a plant please use the Forum on this website as we do not have the resources to answer questions ourselves. I’ve just recently found your site and have found it very informative. In flower and vegetable gardens, hand-pulling or hoeing is the best control. I am just starting on this treatment (I’ve had Lyme since 1997 and conventional medicine has failed to eradicate it). Many species also contain oxalic acid (the distinctive lemony flavour of sorrel) - whilst not toxic this substance can bind up other minerals making them unavailable to the body and leading to mineral deficiency. My friend is of Lebanese origin, and her family has been using Prostrate Knotweed as a salad for generations. My goats could easily handle to overgrowth. Maybe if you stay cutting they won’t toughen up as fast? It’s the same with a ground cover imported in the 1930s. I think I have this plant, and I hate undue prep, I would sooner eat the leaves than peel the mature stalks…. The Japanese call it itadori (????) The photos clearly show the upright stalks of the knotweeds. Devon Council have a quick guide and though they are not interested in its culinary qualities it may give and idea of disposal. Dealing with prostrate knotweed Since prostrate knotweed favors poor, compacted soil, the best way to stop it is by improving the soil. It is high in oxalic acid so if you avoid spinach or rhubarb you should avoid knotweed. It was just by chance that I found this site and discovered their identity! But it is listed as a Native American food because some western tribes did eat it once they knew what it was. You answered all my questions! Polygonum persicaria is a ANNUAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). Figures in grams (g) or miligrams (mg) per 100g of food. And you stay young and even regenerate all your cells back to a very youth full 25 year old In one tenth of the time it took to get old ! Smartphone users scan the QR Code which automatically takes them to the webpage the QR Code came from. I had to put down black plastic at my camp to get rid of just a small amount after I bought the land. it offers great shade so we are going to try to build retaining walls but i am worried the knotweed will break up the walls. Wai, I have eighty acres, and far, far from any buildings I have a small scruffy area surrounded by forest except for one access road going through that forest. It grows as a weed in the garden and they cut it off at ground level, wash it and dry it. Giant Knotweed, Polygonum sachalinense (Fallopia sachalinensis) is similarly consume except its fruit is eaten as well, or stored in oil. I think I could plant it there and the forest would contain it. The leaves are a tea substitute[183]. Box[17]. The seeds are nutritious and edible and are not difficult to harvest. ; P. rurivacum. Thank you. Gather stalks, choosing those with thick stems. From reading Buhner, the stuff is a fantastic medicinal and also edible of course. It’s everywhere covering trees and whole acres sometimes. Here in WA state, USA, Knotweed is a major erosion problem. Ruby-throated hummingbirds, an indigenous species, are said to prefer the blossoms of the introduced mimosa or silk tree over all others, for instance. Knotweed, in the Buckwheat family, is not liked in western nations because it grows around three feet a month, sends roots down some 10 feet, grows through concrete, damaging roads, dams, buildings and just about anything made by man. Male and female flowers separate (dioecious.) Japanese Knotweed has brought me from being bedridden to fairly functional again! The flowers have little or no scent or honey and are rarely visited by pollinating insects. I didn’t know what it was until I looked up a picture of it. Articles. I’ve been photographing the fallen leaves and also the fallen stalks of this plant for 10 years in September and October here in Connecticut. I was initially looking at a site to help me make a bee house when they mentioned Japanese knotweed as being a great material to use because of its hollow stalks. I am launching a number of bee sanctuaries sin Japan… do you know if the bees like the flower? & now I’m learning how to use it to heal my body. I am definely gonna try some of your recipes once I can figure out which of the many weeds growing is Japanese Knotweed… I have a better idea now at least what I am looking for. All these yrs, I’ve mowed around it, cutting down the newest shoots to keep it contained. In another week, I expect it will be entirely cleared. I am interested in finding out more about this plant. I fenced my stand of knot weed and bought a goat . Everyone peels stem at once and IMMEDIATELY dips it in gooey white salad dressing. Prostrate knotweed is an annual (or sometimes short-lived perennial) weed that is widely distributed throughout North America. I would appreciate getting some tubers to plant this spring. The providers of this website accept no liability for the use or misuse of information contained in this website. Can be used in pies. how? Good point. mine yours or nature, really they are greed and power stupid ; and P. arenastrum. Prostrate knotweed (Polygonum aviculare) a mat-forming annual (or sometimes perennial) weed. I made a cold soup from it that came out amazing. Botanically take your pick: Japanese Knotweed is known as Fallopia japonica, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Reynoutria japonica. My internet searches are turning up nothing to answer this question…. One carefree plant can probably replace that high maintenance salad garden . Thanks as always. After finding your site, I may try eating the shoots until the thing is gone! We discovered that the previous owner used the yard as a dump! Yes, the weeds in the garden we call pigweed, including prostrate pigweed, from the amaranth family, are edible. Divert traffic trampling the grass and loosen compacted soil. I have no reference to the edibility of the seeds of the Japanese Knoweed. The part used is not specified, but it is likely to be the leaves. There is an Orwellian campaign of hate against this plant, and a veritable industry devoted to its extermination. On one property, in the middle of the prairie, where wind and weather are really tough on plants, and watering is restricted, it’s the only shade sometimes. I wish they would put you on discovery channel or something. I have just come in from taking photos of knotweed in our area. Knotweed is sometimes also called prostrate knotweed because it creeps along the ground rarely achieving more than 4 inches in height. I would love to have a controlled form of it here in Florida yet I see the major issue. Our new book to be released soon is Edible Shrubs. this would be great to know… Florida if youre struggling at all with joint pain, Teasel is miraculous. Sounds weird, I know, but it’s what I’ve been told on my pedology classes. It is found throughout California up to 8200 feet (2500 m). Bees love the flowers, specially Honey Bees. The plant is edible and Honey Bees love the nectar. Thanks for the meals guys! Young and tender is always better with such things. L.; P. boreale. I’m sending it from New Jersey. Or did all just assume? Haha I second that! Applied externally, it is an excellent remedy to stay bleeding of the nose and to treat sores[4]. I just found out that Japanese Knotweed has resveratrol and was wondering if it would be possible to forage it here in Massachusetts. Prefers an acid soil[20]. Thanks for introducing me to a fascinating plant. Prostate knotweed can indirectly affect the development of field crops because it is a host for dodder and powdery mildew. I give up. Jewelweed tastes bad, and requires a lot of cooking. Then break it into bite-size pieces. It’s a pain in the asphalt. How do you make a tincture from the roots, with alcohol ? Comments or questions about this site, or for permission to use photos and information, http://the3foragers.blogspot.com/2011/05/japanese-knotweed-recipe-knotweed-jelly.html, http://www.azcentral.com/style/hfe/food/articles/2007/03/20/20070320cookingkudzu0320.html. My mother-in-law is from the Hiroshima area and I guess sukanpo is the local name for Itadori. Seed - raw or cooked. Strawberry-rhubarb pie. I see nothing fallopian tubish about the plant whereas Polygonum (pol-LIG-on-um) means many joints and the plant does have that. Prostrate knotweed grows low to the ground, forming dense wiry mats up to 3 feet in diameter that crowd out desirable plants. Nearly everywhere it grows it’s listed as a prolific, noxious, invasive, dangerous bad-for-the-world, the-sky-is-falling weed. The amount of times I have had to listen to people say anti ageing reverse ageing is not for them is a reality I am most pleased with it out lines the stupid mind set of most humans and makes sure idiots don’t live very long . You probably don’t know much about cells and the flow of electrons that make the chemical reactions that make new cells and some cells are immortal so keep them in good health .. You are made of star dust super novas wow billions of years old and we are all the same age at the atomic level so just relax eat the weeds read the last page of the bible and learn that heaven will help you if you help yourself ! In Europe they prefer Fallopia japonica (named for Gabriello Fallopia, 16th century Italian anatomist who “discovered” fallopian tubes. I am in the high desert. Is this also edible? I found the accounts of ankle pain compelling enough to stop taking 100mg Reseveratrol supplements. Black Medic is another example. The article mentions that knotweed contains oxalic acid, but so does spinach…. There is no death with the knot weed so become the weed and lets chat for a few million years hahahahha why not weed hahhahahahahah lol xxx, VERY interesting comment! If for any reason there’s any issue growing them please email me. Thanks We have been digging up junk for 6 years now and just don’t know what else is under there. Flowers branching in spike-like clusters, individual flowers are 1/8 inch across, white to greenish or pinkish, with 5 petals, 8 stamens. Skip a month then repeat if plant appears to be growing. Stay informed about PFAFs progress, challenges and hopes by signing up for our free email ePost. It is said that Japanese Knotweed out lives the gardener and the garden. If you don’t care to try eating it perhaps you could pasture your goats in the patch of it. Oh by the way, it’s edible. For muffins, spoon into buttered muffin tins and bake about 25 minutes. Prostrate knotweed is a summer annual that is generally found on hard compacted soils or damaged areas. It would be a good idea to grow them in large pots or planters to keep them contained. Choose sturdy, juicy looking ones and cut off at the base. 1 tsp salt Again, safe or don’t risk it? Seedlings are initially upright with strap-shaped, embryonic or cotyledon first leaves that are 1/4 to 3/4 inch long. I love the heart leaves & flower for photos. My garden is a nearly a no water proposition, in dry Colorado with clay soil. I have it growing abundantly enough to share. Removing Japanese Knotwood is a herculean task which usually involves removing a lot of soil. that are now arising be used for food ? I do pull out or chop any plants that pop up where not wanted, and use a net when the plants get tall, so they don’t hang down over the walkway. Although they are not related, as the Kudzu is of the Pea family, Kudzu is highly edible. They have been selected to provide a mix of different plant sizes and growing conditions. 641-472-4925 1558 Nipa Blvd. Be sure to cover or cut off berries if the berries are ripe. It is September, but some are very small plants, so can I cook and eat them and then use the roots for tea? This is a bad one….DONT LET IT GET AWAY FROM YOU. If you or anyone else has any answers, that would be great! Common or prostrate knotweed, or Polygonum arenastrum, also known as wiregrass, wireweed, matweed or doorweed, grows flat, spreading outward in a dense circular form that can reach 18 inches across with a narrow taproot that can grow as deep. The benefit also has been proven by studies that Japanese Knotweed can help those who are with breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and other types of cancer. The cutting of hedges by the council is seen as the main culprit of the accelerated spread as the tiniest amount of stem can take root. NEVER eat poke leaves raw.They can kill you. What is the active ingredient for Lyme disease ? Solution Advice . I’ve been on my property in the moist Willamette valley in Western Oregon for 19 yrs with a large patch on Japanese Knotweed. Disappeared like a magician’s rabbit. The leaves are alternately arranged on stems, small (½ to 1 inch long by ¼ to ½ inch wide), and blue green, and have margins that are not serrated or lobed. Being close to a busy road, especially downhill from one, would concern me, regardless of other possible contaminants. Bamboo eradication info online was ominous, nothing seems to work. I have plenty growing in my yard this spring. I have a lot of respect for your work, I’ve used it as a major source of information to find local free food sources. Japonica means Japan. document.write(s); This is a QR code (short for Quick Response) which gives fast-track access to our website pages. I want it for Lyme treatment. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). It’s right around the area that the knotweed is growing. For some reason I decided to research the supplement a bit more at which point I came across anecdotal reports of ankle pain on the People’s Pharmacy website (run by the authors of a newspaper column by the same name). You are by far my favorite internet source on plants. Out there, it survives, even grazed by antelope, when not much else shade affording withstands. Mortgage companies are refusing loans to people on the grounds that it is in their gardens or neighbouring gardens, which again causes a massive crop of VAT from legal work. “board take”  In Engish we would reverse them, “take pain” and “take board.”. Because the powers that be fear it…the only way I can buy it is in expensive pills. Forages take advantage of it eating — raw or cooked — young shoots, growing tips of larger plants and unfurled leaves on the stalk and branches. ” I lived in Japan for 12 years and we would go to the mountains every spring to harvest it and make amazing pickles. Resveratrol is what this weed can do better than any other ! Having said that, a number of common foods such as sorrel and rhubarb contain oxalic acid and the leaves of most members of this genus are nutritious and beneficial to eat in moderate quantities. Let me know if you want me to dig some up and send it to you. Very good information. Alternate, narrow oval to oblong leaves with pointed tips, smooth margins and short petioles. .I have heard that goats can eat this and it does no harm. After months of this, never connecting the pain to the supplement, I also noted some mild swelling at the top of the foot near the ankle joint, but not on the side of the joint where such pain might occur from a strain/sprain. Many weeds stabilize the soil and add organic matter. Roots will go 20 ft . The problem with invasives is they replace native plants which feed far, far more creatures than just humans. Keeps well in the refrigerator and may be frozen for later use. Thanks, so very much, for your work, it means so much to me, and my friends that I teach. The only way to decrease the level of oxalic acid in foods that I know of is by fermenting them. Do not mix until all ingredients are added, and blend only enough to moisten. The JNW many feed some pollinators in the fall, (a good thing), but the reality is it limits native diversity severely. Jord. ¾ cup chopped hazelnuts This is my first post. If so, what would you recommend ? He claimed it was one of the most nutritious honeys out there, if not the most. It seems to grow everywhere, so I’m sure it is here. We are adding search terms and icons to those plants pages, and providing a range of search options aligned to categories of plants and crop yields, with Help facilities including videos. It is not listed as an edible in any of my references. Prostrate knotweed (Polygonum aviculare) is a summer annual. Where can I purchase a small amount of Polygonum aviculare to use in a tea? It can’t go in your food waste bins, or the local authority tip, or your normal compost. Plants For A Future can not take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of plants. The long tendrils creep out in a spider-like pattern and have tiny leaflets that resemble knots along the stems. Recent research has shown that the plant is a useful medicine for bacterial dysentery. They will cook quickly. I think I saw some down the street. drinking bakingsoda water – 1/2 tsp to 8 oz water, 3 to 5 times a day clears them up in a couple days, unsweetened cranberry juice also works wonders, no need for antibiotics! well maybe they shouldn’t remove the leaf litter then. Not as much as I love Purslane. We have manged to cook up at least 5 recipes for this plant on our blog I find it fascinating and like to know more. If the winters are mild enough to fully decay the plants that dieback than the soil should be covered by winter annuals since the soil is bare. Replying to Em Ellis’ offer for some Japanese knotweed starts. You will receive a range of benefits including: Too bad morre people don’t know its edible! Japanese Knotweed gets no respect. It rarely reaches more than a … (Lange.)Small. this stuff is a nightmare. Ridiculous. Edible parts of Knotweed: Young leaves and plants - raw or cooked. Many folks say it tastes like rhubarb but I think a lemony green is more accurate, crunchy and tender. http://the3foragers.blogspot.com/2011/05/japanese-knotweed-recipe-knotweed-jelly.html, As a kid, we used to whack each other with the dried stalks. If you are still around and can do this let me know. Those get reported as Native American food without the “when” being reported. I’ve been stomping/pulling/cutting this stuff all Spring and wondering what it was. 1 cup sweetened Japanese Knotweed Purée meaning there greed and control freaky-ness makes them stupid to the point of bad thot process of living in this world to as if they don’t seems to completely escape there brain! Combine this plant with rye grass telomersa enzymes hyluronic acid amino acids glucose and B 17 vitamins nutmeg olive oil bio oil ! You mentioned the “rhubarb” or “lemony” taste, so I had my suspicions this was a high-oxalate food, but I really appreciate that you came out and said it was high in oxalate (yay, there is information on it! Take care that any you forage hasn’t been sprayed with weedkiller. I can’t eat it, but other people can and I feel very informed! i’d need to see some real proof of this, it seems highly doubtable. but please no fats with sugars errrrr unless your a lab rat . Properly prepared as noted by Deane, it is an excellent cooked green. Dry stems of all the knotweed species are good as a fuel, for heating, of high caloric value. Do not over mix. An alcohol-based preparation has been used with success to treat varicose veins of recent origin[7]. I did bled some raw leaves, taken on big stalks, and blend those with a little water, and some sugar. Japanese Knotweed is the source for many resveratrol supplements, not grapes as many assume. Parts used. Introduced into Great Britain by 1825 Japanese Knotweed has been on the decimation list for more than 30 years and has to be disposed at landfills licensed to handle the dreaded edible. Fluffy whipped egg whites folded in, 12 minutes in the oven, and a forager’s triumph: eating one’s knotweed soufflé, wondering why no one has figured out that this vegetable should be sold commercially. About the same a ruhbarb? I just hope ther is no harm to consume raw leaves…. In the fall cut to ground with mower and cover area with old carpeting (jute back). Scouting Techniques. If not, overwinter them in a cold frame and plant them out the following spring after the last expected frosts. When there is scarcity of food, even humans turn to this weed, belonging to the buckwheat family, for sustenance. I don’t think you want to plant knotweed anyplace because it takes over and grows like crazy and is very difficult to get rid of without using weed killer. BEWARE…..THE PLANT WILL CHANGE IN APPEARANCE. Passive solar. The beekeeper my parents used to go to years ago carried Japanese Knotweed honey. Apparently it holds large amounts of resveratrol which has successfully treated lyme disease and heart disease…The main healing properties are in the roots. I’m encouraged by the number of people on this site who already seem to know this. It is often a problem along driveways, sidewalks, and beaten paths. The plant is harvested in the summer and early autumn and is dried for later use[9]. (This probably differs outside the UK), http://www.devon.gov.uk/knotweed_dos_and_donts, Hi Take a minimum of 20 weed counts across the field. As a second source of information for those curious I recommend Invasive Plant Medicine (The name may be slightly different) by Timothy Lee Scott. It was recently advised that I try Resveratrol which is Japanese knotweed for after-effect symptoms of viral meningitis. Easy than cutting and cheaper better than weed killers that don’t work on knotweed well. , Hi, No one seemed to mention Stephen Buhner who has done a lot of research on invasives weeds and plants. Prostrate knotweed grows well on compacted soils, especially roadsides and walking paths. It is one of the most common weeds along roadsides, edges of or cracks in sidewalks and pavement, and heavy-traffic areas in lawns. It displaces native riparian plants which hold the soil, then dies back in the winter when the rains come and fills Salmon redds with silt. Cate I think special attention needs to be paid to the fact the Native Americans eat it. The only other good thing about Japanese Knotweed is that it seems to combat erosion somewhat. Very effective! My question is this: is Japanese knot wood the same vine that in the south we call cud zoo vine? The slender stems radiate from a central taproot and produce a tough mat-like growth. But it means ca ooked green. Common knotweed can thrive even on poor and compacted soil and inhabits agricultural land, nursery grounds, and other disturbed areas. I really enjoyed your article… there seems to be a lot of images Japanese Knotweed and all to me look different. Rather small and fiddly to utilize, they can be used in all the ways that buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is used, either whole or dried and ground into a powder for use in pancakes, biscuits and piñole[4, 55, 106, 161, 183]. You rock. I put it away from the door hoping to draw flies from around the house. To begin with, not all parts of the plant are edible (as with rhubarb) and they are only edible at a certain time of the year. (A City Herbal), Hi Deane. Check out the article on this site on kudzu, and the YouTube video on kudzu on the EatTheWeeds channel. Begin in the spring by spraying roundup, use the concentrated and dilute 4-5 tbsp. Ive heard jewelweed seeds are edible, is this true . I can’t wait to try some of the recipes. 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