Anybody positively identify this as Knotweed?

moneyistooshorttomention

My new Council takes the same laissez-faire attitude to it and I guess that stems from the fact that every time I've told a property owner here that they have it (assuming they didn't know what it was) they have virtually shrugged their shoulders.

I cant believe the irresponsible attitude and am now starting to mutter about recent laws allowing for £2,500 fines to households that allow it to spread.

That's a thought actually OP - have you got the legal add-on in insurance cover on your home insurance? I've not heard of anyone suing their neighbour for it yet - but this law was only passed pretty recently...and the time will come....

So - start by asking them to deal with their problem nicely in a verbal way and hope it doesn't even have to go up to having to ask in writing - never mind further than that.

You definitely need a darn good look the other side of that fence to see whats happening.

Rambosmum

Yep that's it. But you don't know that. You think it's just a bit of a weed so you pull it up and dump it in the bin, spray a bit of resolva on the group for a few weeks.

If it comes back you may need to take more decisive action.

moneyistooshorttomention

Some of the better photos I've seen of it are:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=218

(which features a photo of the curling that the young leaves do)

and

http://japaneseknotweed.co.uk/japanese-knotweed-identification

moneyistooshorttomention

Rambosmum wrote: »

Yep that's it. But you don't know that. You think it's just a bit of a weed so you pull it up and dump it in the bin, spray a bit of resolva on the group for a few weeks.

If it comes back you may need to take more decisive action.

You do NOT dump it - either in the bin or anywhere else!!!!!!!!!:eek: Sliced into little pieces at midnight is about appropriate treatment for any person irresponsible enough to do that....but I'd settle for reporting anyone I knew of doing that and make darn sure they got fined and the local grapevine knew what they were like. I think that is a jokey comment in extremely bad taste - and one the odd not-very-bright person might take seriously. Thankfully, OP is obviously intelligent enough to realise its a "bad taste joke".

You are supposed to dispose of it appropriately - and I believe that is supposed to mean it burning every last little shred of it - though I'm not sure of the disposal process and you would need to check for sure.

There is someone in my area (apart from myself) that is a big expert on JK and campaigner against it and they tell me that JK can spread from even a bit smaller than my little fingernail and that irresponsible dumping is the main reason it has spread so much here.

ManuelG

Right, apologies for hopping on the OP's thread, but may as well stick it all in the same place

Took a stroll down the public footpath not a million miles from my garden fence and this is growing. On the plus side(!) it's council if needs be, so I'd know who to complain to. It doesn't look quite the same to me but, tbh, I'm no gardener so would rather be reassured... or do something about it!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsua5w1xiidby3l/2015-06-23%2016.01.06.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1he37j61bm066cr/2015-06-23%2016.01.16.jpg

ellie99

ManuelG wrote: »

Right, apologies for hopping on the OP's thread, but may as well stick it all in the same place

Took a stroll down the public footpath not a million miles from my garden fence and this is growing. On the plus side(!) it's council if needs be, so I'd know who to complain to. It doesn't look quite the same to me but, tbh, I'm no gardener so would rather be reassured... or do something about it!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsua5w1xiidby3l/2015-06-23%2016.01.06.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1he37j61bm066cr/2015-06-23%2016.01.16.jpg

That looks much more like bindweed to me, just a "normal" weed.

Hoof_Hearted

That looks more like bindweed to me. Is it literally climbing up the fence?

ManuelG

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

That looks more like bindweed to me. Is it literally climbing up the fence?

It is.

You reassure me greatly, as it had poked through into my garden and one stem had wrapped itself around my raspberry cane... hence the walk around

The advantage of living next to the footpath is no neighbour. The disadvantage is my garden is always under threat from nature

Eejay

The pictures of Japanese knotweed that I've looked at, the veins seem to go toward the centre vein of the plant. This seems to have all the veins heading towards the bottom (if that makes sense).

moneyistooshorttomention

ellie99 wrote: »

That looks much more like bindweed to me, just a "normal" weed.

Yep...it looks like bindweed to me as well. Troublesome enough in its own right - as the roots go some distance - but its not a "wrecker" of a weed like JK is. Neighbouring plots to mine have that nuisance of a weed - and I just pull up it and dispose of in normal fashion when I spot it rearing its head. Its considered a nuisance because it wraps itself around other plants and its a fast grower.