Mungler Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Not me, but someone I know. What's it all about, what's the score? Incidentally if anyone wants any..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome of the Woods Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Nasty stuff, Bind Weed Knot weed Edited May 31, 2011 by Gnome of the Woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelongwayup Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 My neighbours garden is full of bindweed. We are always having to kill and pull the stuff out of our fence and garden edge. It's a pain in the backend! Even when sprayed with some serious weedkillers, it just comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmytree Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 If it's bind weed then pull it and burn it, if the root area is clear you can use any number of chemical killers on it but it's difficult to eradicate completely. If it's knotweed then that's serious, you can't transport it, that's illegal. You can kill it with chemicals but will take 2 or 3 applications and probably 4 years if you're lucky. The damn stuff spreads underground, if you try to dig it out you must burn it on site, the chances of getting every bit out are almost nil. It will come through tarmac and break concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 At Network Rail we have a huge problem with the stuff and there are gangs out all the time destroying the stuff and disposing of it, it was bought over from Japan as an ornamental plant but it is in fact a highly invasive weed and even slightly knocking it causes seeds to drop and are so easily spread it is beyond a joke as they take so quickly, the same applies to Buddleia which again was bought over as an ornamental plant but is classed as an invasive weed due to the damage it does to a lot of my bridges etc on my area. In case anyone is interested it is an offence to “plant or cause to grow in the wild” Japanese knotweed, according to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Haven't tried it myself yet but there was a bloke on the telly a couple of weeks ago who was showing that it could be eaten. Young shoots, peeled, boiled and made into a crumble. Tastes like Rhubarb crumble apparently. Only point being that you need to boil it on site because it can't be transported as shoots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Agggggghhhhhh this stuff drives me nuts, I've got the f'in stuff growing along a fence from the front of the house right to the back of my garden and spend a considerable amount of time pulling it out and unwrapping it from my fruit bushes. My mum, a keen gardener, has said that one way of getting rid is to unwind it from the other plants and then (without pulling it up) place in a plastic bag and spray in weed killer, this prevents the weed killer getting on surrounding plants. Used to have the knotweed when we lived in a flat that backed onto a railway embankment, horrible stuff that would keep coming under the fence, glad I don't have to deal with that anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted June 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) Ah, it's the knotweed that my mate has discovered. He thought it was pretty bamboo.... Apparently it's almost impossible to get rid of and the roots can easily penetrate concrete over time. It's an interesting one because it looks like it started on his land, but has spread to his next door neighbours who now want to get rid of it and want to claim off his insurance. EDIT: http://www.environetuk.com/japanese-knotweed-information/videos.aspx Edited June 1, 2011 by Mungler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) roundup mixed reasonably strongly should sort it if its growing strongly, just keep applying as soon as he sees any and he will get it sorted as it hits the roots first. Tell the neighbour to do one in your nicest fashion. Seeing as its a growing plant I'd suggest claiming the reverse is true and it started on the neighbours land and threatening to counter claim. http://landscaping.about.com/cs/weedsdiseases/a/knotweed_3.htm Edited June 1, 2011 by al4x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) Doh! Edited June 1, 2011 by ack-ack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 The lengths we had to go to to eradicate this stuff prior to constructing a new sub station on a Knotweed site the other year was unreal. A full time 'specialist' was on site to supervise the muck away and jetwashing of every wagon that had been on the site and all the spoil had its own segregated area before it could be taken away at great expense for disposal. We had to go 2 metres deeper than we expected to as the roots were still evident at depth. The root membrane that went down on a bed of sand prior to raising the ground level again was an operation in its self with every joint being heat sealed while the specialist who was on 300 sheets a day looked on. They reckon it can find its way through concrete but I'm not convinced. If it was it cracked already maybe. To eridicate an area by spraying alone takes between 6-24ths. The plant has awesome energy reserves and requires grinding down by repeated applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Bindweed I have found you can kill it with Roundup but roundup will kill anything it touch's - when it's died if you get new shoots wait till they grow to a few feet then spray again covering the leaves well - bindweed you can get rid of. I successfully got rid of it in Hawthorn hedge. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I'll give some Roundup a go then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 i have it at the back of my garden,loads of it its covered the chaps shed at the back he is to old to do any thing about it,i clear it my side all the time.and the next doors,i cut it right back last year but its all back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I'll give some Roundup a go then dont bother getting the weak stuff fromthe garden centre its like water, try and find a farmer supplier in your area, its allot better and an awful lot cheaper. Mind you it does come in 5 ltr containers, I think i paid about £30 last time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 so if there's anyone you don't like :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Dougy Are you on about Roundup or the farmers equivalent of it- Glyphosate 360 - You can buy 5lt's of Roundup but you need a sprayer license for Glyphosate 360 - We I did anyway - 5ltrs of 360 is a lot less than Roundup. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Got rid of bind weed in my hedge by keep pulling it out,you can spray it with round-up or glyphosate 360 weed killer but you need to have the unmixed type from a farm store not the ready mixed type from a garden center, you mix it at 150ml of weed killer to 1 litre of water,on Japanese knot weed same mixture rate but spray it when it is about 1 meter high and has full open leaves.Be very careful with the spray as it will kill all the plants around it if it gets on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard.Hosgood Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Knotweed - a frequent cause for correspondence in my line of work - this may help, something which I knocked up just this morning actually (some sections removed for obvious / irrelevant to this thread reasons!): Ref: Japanese knotweed growing on private land adjacent **************** I refer to your telephone call and our discussion regarding the Japanese Knotweed growing on private land opposite your property. Landowners are not legally obliged to remove Japanese Knotweed, unless it is causing a nuisance to neighbouring property. However, it is an offence to plant, or cause Japanese Knotweed to grow, in the wild. The following link may be useful to you: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/31364.aspx As there is no legal obligation for land owners to remove Japanese Knotweed there is no single authority that can insist on its removal or treatment, but should the knotweed start to cause issues on neighbouring property, be planted in the wild or be caused to spread by mismanagement, then this is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Listed under Schedule 9, Section 14 of the Act) which is a crime reportable to the Police. Treatment is a 3 - 4 year process - repeated spraying with glysophate (as said, get undiluted stuff and use it overstrength) and cutting it down, leaving the cuttings where they are, is the easiest way to treat it - even burning the cuttings wont kill all the rhizomes. Its not an offence to have it on your property but it is to allow it or cause it to spread - it shouldnt spread by itself as there is evidence that there is only 1 sex of the plant in this country, if it does spread its as a result of miss-management. You wont find any authority that will help you with its removal, its down to the land owners to treat it if they want to! If it starts spreading to adjoining property, then there is a legal issue. HTH! Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Just ordered 5l of Clinical Ace which contains Glyphosate 360, now to destroy the damn bind weed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themissus Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Dougy Are you on about Roundup or the farmers equivalent of it- Glyphosate 360 - You can buy 5lt's of Roundup but you need a sprayer license for Glyphosate 360 - We I did anyway - 5ltrs of 360 is a lot less than Roundup. Dave Yes thats the stuff, we had bind weed and Paul used that neat on rubber gloves just dabbing the leaves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boromir Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 If you can get hold of a syringe inject roundup straight into the stem of the knotweed, the plant takes it straight to the root. That's what one of the guys did on one of the golf courses, it does take time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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