The state of Connecticut eyeing bamboo for invasive status

ocimum_nate · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:13 pm

I just made my comment on the post as well

foxd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:37 pm

Stumbled onto a couple of things this morning. Apparently Rickel is not just spreading her poison in Connecticut.
http://www.facebook.com/StLRESociety

A Law Blog found Rickel's lawsuit silly.
http://aconnecticutlawblog.com/2011/09/angry-neighbors-round-8297-bamboo-edition/

I also stumbled across mention that she is a certified Real Estate appraiser.

Alan_L · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:01 pm

There's invasive bamboo in St. Louis? Oh no, I better find a local expert.

Tarzanus · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:04 pm

There's a Bamboozilla in USA? You better find a global expert!

stevelau1911 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:56 pm

Just looked up her name and she does have a blog and Facebook where she claims to be the president and CEO of invasive bamboo research institute. I find it kind of funny. https://sites.google.com/site/invasiveb ... h/about-me

http://www.facebook.com/InstituteOfInva ... ef=tn_tnmn

sully0family · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:21 am

Can you believe it! She thinks she's found a way to profit off Bamboo. If you look into her plans , I bet she hopes Bamboo is always around, and when there is a problem she gets paid to consult. Enough of her. I haven't heard any news out of Conn. Anyone?

Jeff: Igor's Apprentice · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:44 am

I have followed a lot of these links and I find it amusing how she keeps posting things like "..damage reports coming in fast from every state." Like we are on the edge of an apocalypse or something. I only wish my Spectabilis was more aggressive. I went from one cane two years ago, to double that last year, to four canes total this year. Woohoo! This one is really sneaking up on me. :roll:

Maybe the fact that the one cane came from a rhizome that escaped from a nursery pot sitting in the yard and planted itself should come into consideration when assessing its vigor.

Anyway, maybe we should inform Caryn that TyTy nursery is a leading bamboo sales site. Let her peruse that site and watch a few videos, she is very fond of videos. That should keep her confused for awhile. :lol:

foxd · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:08 pm

I stumbled on more of Rickel's nonsense this morning.

Her Institute of Invasive Bamboo Research Website
https://sites.google.com/site/invasivebambooresearch/home

A news article she is spamming.
http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/02/19/yellow-groove-bamboo-an-annoyance-to-some-connecticut-homeowners-questions-on-whether-or-not-it-is-invasive/

And she has been posting to EDDMapS. One picture in particular was of a person's leg which was supposedly suffering from an allergic reaction to the allelopathic compounds in bamboo. Looking at the full sized picture it appears to be a picture of a printed picture, for what that is worth. Has anyone here ever had an allergic reaction to allelopathic compounds from bamboo and how did you figure this out?

stevelau1911 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:07 pm

I think some of the funniest things are that she claims to be a president, CEO, specialist, consultant when pretty much every one of her claims can be turned down by anyone with a few years of actual bamboo experience. She is actually planning on giving classes where she talks about how the evil alien invasive bamboo will take over the world. I guess if it actually happens, it will look like a cult if people actually show up. If I was close enough to Connecticut, I would attend her class just to bring out questions she cannot answer and she will have to silence me since she doesn't have the ability to change the facts.

Also I really doubt she's reading this forum because she is solely focusing on looking up articles/videos/pdfs to either troll on or spam other sites with. When I linked my blog to one of the articles, she literally went through all my blogs, even if they had nothing to do with bamboo as I got over 100 view withing a short period of time. She also looks up craigslist and eBay ads selling bamboo in order to try and defame them by claiming that they are trying to make a quick buck. I bet she has posted her phone number on every site she can, and wrote letters to hundreds of people trying to get people to agree with her.

She's even using my photos, as well as photos, or videos created by others without any consent to spam all over the internet, or her facebook page and website. I've never seen anyone with that much hate to go to such extremes which could possibly stem from jealousy of her neighbors.

Jeff: Igor's Apprentice · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:45 pm

"evil alien invasive bamboo"..... I wonder what she really means by "alien", because I read somewhere where she posted that Phyllostachys was invasive in every country. :alien:

sully0family · **Posted:** Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:20 am

I know it's probably unhealthy for me to read her lies because it gets my nerves racing, but I know at some point her cronies will figure her out. I posted on that site foxd found . Just have to keep following her postings and hopefully at some point I can make it down there for any meetings in Conn. to get the real feeling of this silly debate.

foxd · **Posted:** Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:23 am

Jeff: Igor's Apprentice wrote:

"evil alien invasive bamboo"..... I wonder what she really means by "alien", because I read somewhere where she posted that Phyllostachys was invasive in every country. :alien:

I must admit the same thought crossed my mind. I bet a properly worded post to the Godlike Productions Website would trigger hundreds of people contacting her trying to get to the truth about the alien bamboo menace. Any denial on her part would be part of the conspiracy. (WARNING: HEADVISE RECOMMENDED WHEN VISITING THIS WEBSITE)

sully0family wrote:

I know it's probably unhealthy for me to read her lies because it gets my nerves racing, but I know at some point her cronies will figure her out. I posted on that site foxd found . Just have to keep following her postings and hopefully at some point I can make it down there for any meetings in Conn. to get the real feeling of this silly debate.

Be prepared for a totally different mindset.

Yesterday I suddenly realized that her behavior fit the behavior I had observed years ago in the UFO crowd. I will post on this later, elsewhere on the forums since there will be shocking new revelations involved. Also I have to get ready to leave now.

stevelau1911 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:11 pm

Looks like she's going to start stealing people's photos for her own lies. I'm not afraid to speak out when someone is doing something really screwed up so I'll attack her right on her own territory even if she will delete my posts. I'm pretty sure she's aware of her lies, but in her world, everything revolves around her. If she tries to justify stealing, she has nothing to back her up.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater

stevelau1911 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:38 pm

As expected, she removed my posts and blocked me out just like she did on the patch articles.

foxd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:13 pm

I just found this article.

http://www.independentsentinel.com/2012/02/brookhaven-towns-criminalization-of-bamboo-plants-in-residents-yards/

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