20-05-2018, 03:46 PM
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Re: Japanese Knotweed
I don't believe it is not possible to eradicate it, my daughter had it in a new house she had purchased,when I pointed it out to her she took charge, dug it out, destroyed the roots, then repeated in one month & then again.
IT HAS GONE. PLatrs shouldn't be allowed to topple us.
BTW it was introduced from Japan to Victorian gardeners who loved it until it came to removing it, when they realised what a monster they had released into our gardens
21-05-2018, 04:51 PM
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Re: Japanese Knotweed
Originally Posted by Robert Junior
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I don't believe it is not possible to eradicate it, my daughter had it in a new house she had purchased,when I pointed it out to her she took charge, dug it out, destroyed the roots, then repeated in one month & then again.
IT HAS GONE. PLatrs shouldn't be allowed to topple us.
BTW it was introduced from Japan to Victorian gardeners who loved it until it came to removing it, when they realised what a monster they had released into our gardens
I don't know if it is possible to get rid of it permanently or not Robert. All I know is what my gardening magazine quoted from Swansea University's findings.
21-05-2018, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Junior
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I don't believe it is not possible to eradicate it, my daughter had it in a new house she had purchased,when I pointed it out to her she took charge, dug it out, destroyed the roots, then repeated in one month & then again.
IT HAS GONE. PLatrs shouldn't be allowed to topple us.
BTW it was introduced from Japan to Victorian gardeners who loved it until it came to removing it, when they realised what a monster they had released into our gardens
I spoke to a guy,outside our old surgery today,only because he was in a Japanese Knotweed van,i asked him,where it was located, he showed me it,it's on the surgery grounds,also a neighbouring house,who he said has done nothing, to eradicate it,hence, spreading onto surgery ground,he
told me it can be eradicated, which is what he will be doing...i dont know
if he is right,but he said ,it can be easily eradicated, ..
i think he meant,what was on the surgery grounds, could be easily eradicated, there wasn't very much of it at all,but in the house adjoining, it looked like a jungle,maybe they dont know they have it.
21-05-2018, 06:41 PM
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Re: Japanese Knotweed
That's interesting Pauline.There is also an interesting video here to help identify this invasive weed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCqNPPR1W2U
21-05-2018, 08:07 PM
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Re: Japanese Knotweed
Originally Posted by Mups
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No doubt most of us know how dreadful this plant is, and how it can badly effect our properties.What I didn't know though, was now scientists at Swansea University are now saying it is impossible to eradicate!
They have spent 5 years experimenting with 19 different ways of controlling the plant, and not one of them was successful.
They say it spreads 1ft a week, and the rhizomes are powerful enough to break through tarmac and brick walls.
Homeowners may well be unable to get insurance or even a mortgage if this weed is reported on their property, or even in an adjacent garden!
Nasty stuff ey, but how will the experts deal with it I wonder?
i was rather worried, that i had it,i was even going to pick some of this
Japanese knotweed, and post a pic of it,but because of all the bad press
that it has had,i was scared to pick it,i have read stories, where it is so
bad,that they have to excavate the land that it is on,i also saw a video,of
a young couples house,where it had got into the foundations, and was
coming into the rooms of their house,absolutely dreadful stuff,if let get
out of hand.
i also think people dont know what it is,like this neighbour, next to the surgery,they have a huge garden,and that knotweed, has definitely taken over,i wonder if the guy went and spoke to them about it,i will keep an eye out,..on her garden,and see what develops.
21-05-2018, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Junior
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It's only my experience chums, what do I know anyway.Daughter is still free of it tho, I checked today
That sounds brilliant then Robert.
Extremely lucky girl.
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