Alpha Mule Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) We are seeing more and more of this stuff around here. I want to get rid of it from our land and I reckon I could be onto a good earner with the local farms too. However: I believe you need special training and more importantly certified to deal with the stuff. I've seen that the best way to get rid of it properly is to cut the stems and inject poison into what is left. Cutting the stalks will get you a heft fine and getting my hands on poison will most likely prove difficult too. So do any of you lot know where (South Wales preferably) I can get trained and certified, or at least get more info than the govt are handing out. The best I have found to date is from adverts from folks who will charge an arm and a leg, but not interested in taking on potential competition to teach them. Edited July 26, 2012 by Alpha Mule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I would contact the brittish horticulture society I think there is a legal requirement to deal with it and it can prevent house sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I have got rid of some in the garden before, it just took paitience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Looks like there may be a 'cure' Aphalara itadori But then what do we use to cure the cure??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 its very expensive to tip commercially i know that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 You will need a weed spraying certificate you can go to Brigend collage for a course (a few days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 its very expensive to tip commercially i know that much I thought it had to be incinerated? ALpha might not be the best business to invest in right now... http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Promising-signs-trial-tackle-growth-knotweed/story-16595736-detail/story.html Some useful links http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/wildlife/130079.aspx#What_Japanese_knotweed_looks_like http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Leisure/Knotweed_CoP.pdf http://www.completeweedcontrol.co.uk/html/franchise.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard.Hosgood Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 The way to treat is to spray with glysophate, cut and lay where is, and repeat. A lot. It will take years for it to go. Deal with it all the time through work. Oh, and its not an offence to have it on your property, but it is an offence to cause or allow it to spread, so be aware of that and how to avoid spreading the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 We use Roundup and 2,4D. Spray late summer or cut and then spray regrowth when a couple or three of feet high. Be prepared for it to take 3 or 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) There is no specific Qualification required for the control of JK but you will need to comply with the Environmental Agency code of practice. As its classified as hazardous waste though you will need controlled waste certification to transport and dispose of it as well as an EA licence to use certain controlling herbicides.. Most of the stuff we can get our hands on doesnt really touch it. My companies Clients have spent a fortune on removing and controlling this stuff over the last 15 years literally millons. It is so incredibly labour intensive becasue the only way to eradicate it completely is to dig out every last Rhizome and incinerate it. Unless you can invest in the proper equipment, waste carrying, transfer, disposal and herbicide use licences you are probably wasting your time to be honest. Edited July 26, 2012 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Ask the EA or RHS for their best practice guides..... I bet these have further contacts in thE guides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 it used to have to go to shelford to be disposed in kent and it was pricey per tonne as it is hazardous waste as has been said before if you dont tackle it correctly you can commit offences but you already know that. good luck mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazsl Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 they are just trialing a nematode that eats the roots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishman-in-wales Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Depending on where you are located in S Wales, Bridgend College (Pencoed) offer PA1/6 which is a 3 day course with 2 assesments at £360, and it would be me training you. However, over the last 2 years especially, all the back to work schemes have seen endless people provided with free training, so the market has become flooded with people with PA 1/2/6 and chainsaw tickets with no work to use them. And to be honest i dont think that many farmers would pay for the service, many farmers are either dairy (as we all know, operating with very very tight or no margins) or sheep farmers, again operating with tight margins. Most farmers are quite content to for knotweed to be present in margins / hedges etc and encroachment into fields is naurally kept in check by livestock as sheep / cattle / horse and goats etc will quite happily graze on young shoots Sorry to be negative dude, the link below is a very good guide on knotweed however. All the best. My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Thanks guys. It looks like it's a no-brainer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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