Tumbleweeds have taken over world and taken over roads in US. Why is it so difficult to grow in our country?

In our country, most people may never have heard of name tumbleweed in their lives, but Americans are familiar with it, and it even brings them trouble in life. Why?

Why is tumbleweed so common in United States? Tumbleweed is common in Gobi. They are very similar to balls. They roll on ground like snowballs and they are very big. There must be 2 individuals who can withstand it. . For their active growth, their growth environment must have a lot of water. If they lose water, they become very dry.

Then they slowly break away from roots, curl up into a ball and, driven by a strong wind, roll over and sow seeds in ground. So how did this windblown grass get to United States? Around 1870s, some people from Russia migrated to western Central Plains of United States and brought with them flax seeds that could be used to make clothing and food.

I planned to farm like in their hometown, but suddenly seeds they brought were mixed with tumbleweed seeds that grow wild in United States. It took 15 years to they spread throughout United States. . The main reason is that there are no natural enemies of tumbleweed in US and there are very few pests in the US.

How much trouble does this tumbleweed bring to Americans? Residents of California in western United States are most worried. In April 2018, a small town in California was struck by a tumbleweed. Experienced residents already hid early in their homes.

Tumbleweeds are coming furiously. As tumbleweed rolls, they get bigger and bigger, and then house interferes with their rolling, and they will accumulate in house, stacking higher and higher, knocking down occupants. down, residents there can only wait to be rescued, waiting for someone to rescue them.

This is not most broken thing, most broken thing is that tumbleweed comes repeatedly. After villagers remove tumbleweed for a while, they will follow wind and settle tenants in house. The tenants can only repeat Clear him again and again. Tumbleweeds will not only hinder movement of residents, but will also create traffic jams.

In 2020, a report came to Washington that they blocked owner of car on highway due to tumbleweed that had already covered windshield of car due to its long size, tall and large size, causing car owners were unable to move forward. Tumbleweed cleaning is also a hassle.

The tumbleweed is thick and big and accidentally cut hands of cleaners, so cleaners have to wear gloves and spend a lot of time cleaning each time so that car owners can drive through smoothly, which is very upsetting for owners. Delay a lot of things.

In addition, tumbleweeds also cause damage to crops. Tumbleweeds are full of bacteria that can cause pests, eating away local crops, which is why some Americans are worried about wind. extremely disgusting. They want to understand some of ways tumbleweeds are infected by researching specialized viruses and reduce tumbleweed populations. I believe that as technology advances, scientists will gradually defeat tumbleweeds.

As they say, everything has two sides. Some Americans may benefit from tumbleweeds, such as companies that need a lot of fuel, and tumbleweeds can simply be used as fuel. saved money for them; Inspired by tumbleweed, a young man in US designed a tumbleweed-like house that more and more people love. So much money has been made.

Why don't tumbleweeds grow in China? First, since other name for tumbleweed in our country is “pork wool dish”, we often use them to make soup, porridge, pies and various dishes. delicious!

Combined with China's large population, he won't eat "pig hair grass" very quickly. Secondly, in addition to this purpose, it also has value of traditional Chinese medicine. It is harvested when it blooms in summer and dried in sun. It can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine to treat high blood pressure, headaches, and dizziness.

Thirdly, China has built protective forests in many cities due to large population and large building area. Fourth, there are many mountainous regions in China, and when tumbleweed is carried by wind, there are too many obstacles, so it is difficult to get them everywhere.

The fifth and most important reason is that we have natural enemies of tumbleweeds in our country that will slowly destroy tumbleweeds, so it is difficult to pose a threat to our country. What kind of thinking can this tumbleweed event lead us to?

When we go to other countries, do not bring plants and animals back into country at will, because you seem to have a normal amount of plants and animals in other countries, which may cause flooding in other countries. It's a tumbleweed lesson! Do not harm ecological balance with one of your simple actions, consequences are unimaginable! Everyone is responsible for protecting environment, starting with me!