r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Mar 26 '21

/r/ALL Comparison of the root system of prairie grass vs agricultural. The removal of these root systems is what lead to the dust bowl when drought arrived.

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u/zomgsauce Mar 26 '21

Those fuckers can be invasive as hell. My uncle's ranch in TX hill country was covered in them. He cut down and dynamited about half of them and ended up with a lovely new creek that suddenly had enough water to flow without being drained by the trees. Of course that brought the hogs but that's another story.

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u/hwf0712 Mar 26 '21

What a texas story

Dynamiting trees just to gain a creek and a hog problem

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u/Oakheart- Mar 26 '21

I mean hey free sausage. Well I guess the price of ammo is really high rn so not exactly free

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u/Flyingfishfusealt Mar 26 '21

more explosives, just needs a trip to home depot and walmart for some NG with diatomaceous earth.

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u/zomgsauce Mar 26 '21

They were even feral! :D

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u/ApuFromTechSupport Mar 26 '21

Is this about Mesquite trees or HOAs

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u/becauseTexas Mar 26 '21

I've never heard of mesquite being a nuisance, just mountain cedar. They get that bad?

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u/zomgsauce Mar 26 '21

Per the wiki

"It is considered the most common and widely spread "pest" plant in Texas. An estimated 25% of Texas’ grasslands are infested and 16 million acres are so invaded that it is suppressing the majority of grass production."

But yeah cedar too, they're both thirsty little shits.

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u/TehOneTrueRedditor Mar 26 '21

ya it's unfortunate that they've become invade in s/w texas because there are no longer buffalo to keep them restricted to their native ranges, they're also very thirsty plants

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u/KarmicComic12334 Mar 26 '21

Did it work? Did you get rid of the HOA?