On Friday and Saturday, some volunteers met at the Gallo-Roman bridge around Isabelle de Lanjamet, environmental facilitator, for a construction site to weed out the balsam, an invasive plant that grows in large quantities, especially on the banks of the Hyères. .
It is possible to prevent the balms from invading the banks of our beautiful river if we do it in time, before the capsules of the plant, which contain the seeds, burst.
Isabelle explains. After last year’s grubbing sites, this year we have seen that the regrowth of balsamines has significantly decreased, which is very encouraging.
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Armed with brush cutters, scythes and scythes, the volunteers proceeded to cut or uproot the balsam plants, collecting the seeds in bags so they wouldn’t swarm.
A new balsamine eradication site is organized on Thursday. Meeting at 9:00 at the Gallo-Roman bridge. Provide boots or waders, gardening gloves, large sacks to collect seeds … Bring your own picnic. Information and registration on tel. 06 74 55 04 80, via SMS only.
