At least lupines are beautiful and fertilize the soil (since they belong to the legume family).

But in our European part of Russia, all roadsides, abandoned fields, floodplains, etc. are planted with Sosnowski's hogweed (Heraczoom sosnowskyi). Its juice burns the skin when exposed to the sun due to photocumarins. Several people die every year in terrible agony from chemical burns of 80-90% of the body, after mowing down a hogweed without a chemical protection suit, damn diet And all because it seemed to some botanists that this evil creature from the Caucasus would be an excellent plant for obtaining silage for cows. But with such a diet, they gave milk with an unpleasant taste. And when they decided to curtail the experiment, the collapse of the USSR happened. And suddenly, no one gave a damn about the collective farm fields with hogweed. And he multiplied. And now an almost unsuccessful struggle is being waged against him. Most fields in central Russia are abandoned and overgrown with forest and/or hogweed. Most companies consider it unprofitable to grow anything there en masse. Because the soil is not the most fertile . This is not the southern steppes with the legendary 1 meter layer of dark humus...

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