Knotweed Removal

It has been so much fun to see all the progress we made in our garden over the last 3 or 4 weeks. When my group: Sarah, Stanley, Sam, Xavion, and I were assigned a spot of land to plant our garden we were faced with a problem. Our bed was already taken over by an invasive, fast growing weed. Knotweed. To remove the knotweed we needed a plan. Our group members didn't all agree on one way, so we tried two; We split the garden in half. On one side, we sprayed the plant with a solution made of of chlorine and water, the salt water would get absorbed by the foliage thus killing the roots. On the other side, we dug deep and removed all traces of knotweed and root that we could fine, hoping we got it all. It was a science experiment that proved both ways of removing the knotweed was effective!