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For the third week of the bringing awareness to the Northfield community the Dirty Lads went out into the Dog River to get samples for our model. When the group went out to the Dog River we also talked to some of the locals about what we were doing. They seemed interested towards the removal of the Japanese Knotweed in the area. When the Dirty Lads got to the Dog River most of the Japanese Knotweed was brown and looked dead however despite the look of the weed above the ground the weed was very much alive. Using shovels and post hole digger the Dirty Lads carefully uprooted some Japanese Knotweed to ensure that most of the root system was still intact. The reason that we made sure that the root system was not damaged is that this would help with the model’s visualization of the Japanese Knotweed’s root system. This way the Japanese Knotweed would not have regrow its root system. When we went out the Dog River we also dug up a patch of grass. The purpose of the grass is that we are going to compare the root system of the Japanese Knotweed to that of the native species of grass in the Northfield area. Once we collected the samples required for our model we brought them back to Norwich University. We made sure that we placed the samples in location that would be warm and receive an adequate amount of sun light. Even though Norwich University has a greenhouse we decided not to put the weed in greenhouse at the risk of the Japanese Knotweed invade the greenhouse. We decide then to place the weed in the Environmental Lab room by the windows. After moving the Japanese Knotweed out of the cold the weed sprouted a new shoot because when we grabbed the weed the top portion was already dead. Once getting the weed in the lab room the group sat down and developed a plan to water the plants to ensure that that were receiving the right amount of sunlight and water. Alonzo Hilario came in every few days to sing to the plants. Since we had completed the model for the project we then started to plan what we wanted to present to the high school students in the Northfield community. We came up with the idea to have a poster board filled with pictures to draw in the students to our area. On the poster board we will include a step by step guide how to identify the Japanese Knotweed. This will be accompanied with visuals so that the students will have an idea of what to look for when they are out and about in the great outdoors of Northfield Vermont. The next key topic that will be covered on the poster board is how to get rid of the Japanese Knotweed this will also be accompanied with visuals. We also plan on talking through our website without going to it, just hitting the key topics from our website.
-Vincent Nguyen
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the Dirty LadsThe group was first formed in late August of 2018 and since then, founded Shogun Knot Swat Oct. 2018 at Norwich University. The members consist of Brian Betz, Alonzo Hilario, Vincent Nguyen and Pat Ryan. ArchivesCategories |