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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 20, 2017 5:00:01 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Aug 20, 2017 5:50:09 GMT
blimey ..... hide this from Patty, She'll probably explode !!!
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Post by Delta9 on Aug 20, 2017 9:44:11 GMT
I'm sure that fence will do a lot to stop the knotweed spreading...
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 20, 2017 10:24:16 GMT
Talking of knotweed, my parents have it at the back of their garden. They've been quoted 3 grand to get rid of it. Is there any way this can be diyed, practically and legally?
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Post by sandk on Aug 20, 2017 10:48:22 GMT
Stem injection is the way professional company's do it, using Glysophate. If I understand it correctly you can cut and burn but you must burn on site and not transport it.
It's a long winded affair whichever way you do it.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 20, 2017 10:56:26 GMT
Good grief! It's a plant. It can't run away! Why is this so difficult? (I'd use an arsenic, cadmium and mercury injection mix to properly take the wonkers out of it).
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Post by sandk on Aug 20, 2017 11:05:41 GMT
You know nothing of knotweed, do you foxy?
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Post by Delta9 on Aug 20, 2017 11:08:47 GMT
I'm still thinking of starting s knotweed killing business. There is big money in it.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 20, 2017 11:14:50 GMT
How about cutting it all down, burn it, pour diesel over the stalks coming out of the ground?
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Post by Delta9 on Aug 20, 2017 11:37:38 GMT
How about cutting it all down, burn it, pour diesel over the stalks coming out of the ground? That wouldn't kill it. |
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Post by sandk on Aug 20, 2017 11:37:46 GMT
It won't do any good. Like delta9 suggested there is good money in its removal........ because it's such a b@stard to deal with. It will grow through pretty much anything.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 20, 2017 13:40:07 GMT
So if there's good money to be made, why haven't you all started a business? You just need to be in the background, boating, whilst your employees get rough with the knotty devil. There may even be enough profit for ricco to buy a new engine.
Chop chop! With the ThunderKnot Ltd.
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Post by thebfg on Aug 20, 2017 13:42:05 GMT
and you have to get rid of every last drop. leave any lying around and it will regrow.
spent 5 years trying to get rid of the stuf out of my old garden
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Post by JohnV on Aug 20, 2017 15:05:53 GMT
and you have to get rid of every last drop. leave any lying around and it will regrow. spent 5 years trying to get rid of the stuf out of my old garden I think Patty could give some tips on DIY ....... She has been battling it at Horror house Hope Cottage |
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Post by IainS on Aug 20, 2017 20:54:35 GMT
" ...controlled burning or burial " . Would the latter not be self defeating?
We had it in a local wood. Virtually eradicated by cutting, burning, and stem injection, but it took years. Even after stem injection, it still comes back, but much weaker. That was mainly a diy effort.
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