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Why pulling a weed and leaving the root fails for some species

Some weeds keep buds and stored food underground, so a snapped top is not the end of the plant.

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From the opening

Pulling fails for some weeds because the part that survives is underground. A rhizome, a tuber, a taproot, or a creeping root can hold buds and stored food, so a snapped shoot is a harvest of leaves rather than a removal of the plant. The opening covers buds and starch sit below ground, a fragment can be a new start, and repeated topping spends the store.

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Buds and starch sit below ground
A fragment can be a new start
Repeated topping spends the store
New seedlings are a different return
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Vegetative regrowth from roots and rhizomes
Fragmentation of perennial weeds by pulling or tilling

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Why pulling a weed and leaving the root fails for some species

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