The page on how to identify, control, and dispose of Japanese knotweed is terrifying. It survives fire, for goodness sake, and is considered controlled waste!
Pink knotweed appears to be legal in the UK, but anyone planting it is still a complete idiot.
I read somewhere that all the knotweed in the UK is genetically identical - effectively, it's all from the same bloody plant that just keeps propagating. Don't know if that's true, but it seems possible, at least.
Our neighbors have a hedge of Japanese knotweed. It is in our side yeard as well, naturally. Three successive occupiers of the house have attempted to get rid of it, to absolutely no avail. I understand that the young shoots can be eaten like asparagus, but I am too suspicious of their motives to try it.
A friend offered me some plume poppy, saying it could vanquish anything. The Japanese knotweed did it in in a season. Not, really, that victorious plume poppy would have been that much of an improvement.
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Date: 2016-04-21 07:59 pm (UTC)Pink knotweed appears to be legal in the UK, but anyone planting it is still a complete idiot.
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Date: 2016-04-21 09:56 pm (UTC)A friend offered me some plume poppy, saying it could vanquish anything. The Japanese knotweed did it in in a season. Not, really, that victorious plume poppy would have been that much of an improvement.
P.