Gardeners. Can anyone please identify

[driverrob]

this plant, which appeared in our raised bed a few months ago and, as you can see, is now rampant.

[Puggit]

Could be Japanese Knotweed - but the pics aren't clear enough...

[Muntu]

Cabbage?

[Nobby Diesel]

It's not Japanese knot weed.

[Toni896]

Could be White Bryony

[The Count]

Looks like hops to me.

[SPR2]

Has it flowered at all or had berries on?

[alfalynn]

Sorry pictures not clear enough to identify

[Flintstone]

Puggit said:

Japanese Knotweed

First PH member diagnosed with Gardeners Tourette's







Japanese Knotweed

[Zad]

From the look of the seed pods, maybe some sort of Balsam? Doesn't look like Himalayan though. Does it have explosive seed pods?

Cut all the top growth off and put it in a black plastic bag. Dig out all the roots if you can, these sort of invasive plants have a nasty habit of being able to germinate from tiny bits of root. Dispose of in the regular waste, not "green" garden waste bins.

[Monkey boy 1]

it's a brick wall

[Hedders]

Zad said:

Dispose of in the regular waste, not "green" garden waste bins.

What is the reason for this?

The binmen will send the rubbish investigation squad round if you do that kind of thing!!

[Zad]

Hedders said:

Zad said:

Dispose of in the regular waste, not "green" garden waste bins.

What is the reason for this?

The binmen will send the rubbish investigation squad round if you do that kind of thing!!

Garden waste is composted and (usually) sterilised, but some seeds can get through the sterilisation process and then get distributed in the compost. Ordinary waste goes to landfill, where this will rot down anyway quite quickly.

[King Herald]

Monkey boy 1 said:

I'm a brick wall

I'll go with that.

[Hedders]

Zad said:

Hedders said:

Zad said:

Dispose of in the regular waste, not "green" garden waste bins.

What is the reason for this?

The binmen will send the rubbish investigation squad round if you do that kind of thing!!

Garden waste is composted and (usually) sterilised, but some seeds can get through the sterilisation process and then get distributed in the compost. Ordinary waste goes to landfill, where this will rot down anyway quite quickly.

I understand that, but are you advising people to break the law? I was kind of being serious. In this day and age can't you get fined for that kind of thing?

[Simpo Two]

HOPS

[bimsb6]

SKIPS

[NDA]

JUMPS

[Hedders]

BUMPS

[Penny-lope]

lady humps