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Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Mon May 01, 06 9:34 am Post subject:

From the RHS:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0604/japanese_knotweed.asp

RHS wrote:

Japanese knotweed is classed as 'controlled waste' under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. This requires disposal at licensed landfill sites. On no account should it be included with normal household waste.

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 2595

Posted: Mon May 01, 06 10:17 am Post subject:
So, knotweed is the same as Japanese knotweed? Sorry, having a dunderhead day

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Mon May 01, 06 12:14 pm Post subject:
well now ive cleared the patch i can see that the knotweed has originated in the pub area, not mine and the same goes for the brambles..i suppose i will just have to convince them its in thier best interests to clear it..i feel some begging in there somewhere..!!

Bovey Belle

Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Posts: 77

Posted: Mon May 01, 06 7:09 pm Post subject:

I feel sometimes that we could corner the market in brambles and nettles here, but we have just cleared a good sized patch so I have a new intake veg. plot. I don't use chemicals, and we just (well, OH did really) took the slasher to the bramble patch, and then dug the roots up with the long bar we use for making post holes for fencing. It's hard work, but it does totally eradicate the problem for a few years. We are very fortunate that there are fabulous bramble patches on our doorstep, so eradicating one or ours is not detrimental to my larder or freezer.

When they're "next door" though, it's not easy - but if you cut them back and keep cutting them back, it weakens them. As for the Japanese Knotweed, I used to eat it raw as a kid (we called it French Rhubarb). Again, just try and pull it out as soon as it grows. We have Touch-me-not Balsam here - my own fault as I thought how pretty it was and spread a few seeds in the wild part of the garden. I am now actively eradicating it . . . despite all the fun we've had over the years making the seedpods explode! You live and learn I guess . . .

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