knotweed Goddammit!!!!!

[BigTom85]

stanwan said:

10 tons and counting...

Oh my god!

[furtive]

stanwan - is this covered by your house insurance? And do you spoken to your mortgage company about it? They may be willing to provide legal aid/advice

[blueg33]

stanwan said:

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Holy crap! That is bad. I hope the landowner didn't try any dirty tricks!

My stand is minicule in comparison. problem is that the wall makes the rhizome dive down. It's not spread over a wide area in my case - Knotweed really hates clay. PRoblem is that the house builders themselves dumped loads of bricks and waste to bulk up the infill and this has given the knotweed an easier time beside the buiding.

I'm hoping a persistent herbicide used liberally around the remaining root will keep it at bay

Landowner is mortgagee in posession and was unaware, JV partners land buyer missed it on several site visits (might send him to the optician!). I knew instantly, but its fine when it is a known risk, your situation is worse because you didnt know it was there.

Knotweed often grows in fill dumped by builders, but in that case it is normally easier to take away.

As others have said look at your insurance, talk to a lawyer etc.

Our standard enquiries on all land acqusitions include questions about contamination etc, if the seller does not answer thruthfully then you can take an action against him. (I did this when we found blue asbestos buried on a site)

Edited by blueg33 on Thursday 21st June 15:57

[jonnydrama]

How did it go then? Did you manage to get it all out?

[Rosscow]

I want to know, too!

[stanwan]

We hav almost removed all of it. A small bit of root is diving below the foundations - THew hole area has been sprayed extensively and the remaining bit is v small - It's unlikely to surface again. If it does I'll be waiting topside with a mattock....

If only the vendors had bothered to do this years ago - would have made life a lot easier.

[Rosscow]

Pictures when you get a chance!

Good work though, if you're going to do a job then do it properly.

[JB!]

There isn't enough education on the railway about JKw, I have seen sites flailed as part of vegetation clearance.

I'm suprised it's not a bigger issue than it is.

[Hoofy]

Phew. Good to hear a positive outcome, Stan!

[Chr1sch]

Hi gents, only just seen this, now I know Nothing at all about gardening but I like it to look ok. Now is knotweed the stuff which has white 'trumpet' like flowers and grows really fast, wrapping itself around other vegetation?

Basically because if it is...we have loads of it on one side of the garden (right against the neighbours house)

Now officially worried as I have just been merrily ripping it up for years!?!

[Chr1sch]

Ps we don't have any roots like those shown here, just very wiry and thin just under the surface of the mud

[GWC]

Chr1sch said:

Hi gents, only just seen this, now I know Nothing at all about gardening but I like it to look ok. Now is knotweed the stuff which has white 'trumpet' like flowers and grows really fast, wrapping itself around other vegetation?

Basically because if it is...we have loads of it on one side of the garden (right against the neighbours house)

Now officially worried as I have just been merrily ripping it up for years!?!

That sounds like bind weed.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?p...

[dickymint]

Chr1sch said:

Ps we don't have any roots like those shown here, just very wiry and thin just under the surface of the mud

Definitely Bindweed......still a bd though. Good luck

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

Definitely bindweed. Ripping it up is a waste of time, because just a tiny piece of root left in the ground will grow. But it does respond quite well to glyphosate. Spray on a still, dry day - or paint it onto the leaves. But be very careful not to get any on the plant that it's growing up; sometimes you can untwine the bindweed and lay it out away from other plants. Then the important bit: leave it alone for at least a week to 10 days for it to die. Don't be tempted to pull it up before the glyphosate has done its job.

Edited by Dr Mike Oxgreen on Thursday 28th June 06:16

[Egbert Nobacon]

Rosscow said:

Pictures when you get a chance!

Good work though, if you're going to do a job then do it properly.

OP still chasing that last root ...

[blueg33]

Egbert Nobacon said:

OP still chasing that last root ...

[Hoofy]

[stanwan]

Egbert Nobacon said:

OP still chasing that last root ...

Heheh. I'll tell you now- i dug the first 3 tons out with a hand trowel. Finally threw in the towel and got a mini digger in to finish the job.

My advice to anyone is that for knotweed near property, it's best to get it out as quickly as possible before it gets properly established. Glyphosate works well but takes ages and you rally don't want it to invade masonry walls...

[Zyp]

RApologies for reserecting a year old thread (almost to the day), but could someone tell me for definite if this is Japanese knotweed please?



Because if it is, I think my neighbour (and possibly me) may have a problem....this tree is covered in it

[Hoofy]

It's not growing like knotweed is it? Google "knotweed" and check the images, it looks more like bamboo with broad leaves I thought? (I'm definitely no expert.)