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Post by Louise on Oct 23, 2011 10:31:53 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Oct 23, 2011 11:20:10 GMT
Oh, I do feel for them. We had Jap. Knotweed in our garden in Kent, and never succeeded in getting rid of it. ::)We were very lucky it didn't come into our house as well, by the look of that article!
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Post by Louise on Oct 23, 2011 11:33:38 GMT
When you stop and think what this plant is it makes me wonder just how close a relative is P. bauldschaunicum, and is that in the same dangerous category - if not why not as it's its relative ?
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Post by Geranium on Oct 23, 2011 11:37:47 GMT
It doesn't seem to send up the shoots in the same way, Louise. We had the remains of the old house ('shack') at the bottom of the garden, and planted a Russion Vine to cover it, which it did! ;D
They behaved very differently.
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Post by Cherry on Oct 23, 2011 11:40:56 GMT
I hope they can claim compensation from somewhere and laws may have to be changed to cover this problem.
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Post by Louise on Oct 23, 2011 11:42:06 GMT
Yes, i would think they would. Poor people.
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 23, 2011 12:36:25 GMT
i thought there was some talk about a natural predator of JK. Some insect that eats it. A horror story indeed.
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Post by Geranium on Oct 23, 2011 12:42:19 GMT
You're right, Sp - it's being trialled now, I believe.
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Post by Rosie on Oct 23, 2011 13:10:17 GMT
I do know that if knotweed is found in a garden at a house you are trying buy you won't get a mortgage from most lenders for it. I feel so sorry for that couple and wish them good luck with their action.
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Post by merlin on Oct 23, 2011 17:18:31 GMT
Horrific!!!!!! Does anyone know how it propagates, I mean does it seed and do birds carry it?
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Post by Louise on Oct 23, 2011 18:39:40 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Oct 23, 2011 18:50:21 GMT
Three metres deep! No wonder I couldn't dig them out, especially with clay and flint soil!
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Post by merlin on Oct 23, 2011 18:51:50 GMT
What I meant was how does it spread from one place to another, it's dotted about all over the Countryside so either someone is planting it or something is spreading it's seed.
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Post by Louise on Oct 23, 2011 19:01:56 GMT
With their racemes of flowers i'd imagine seed was floating around all the time !!!
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Post by merlin on Oct 24, 2011 5:21:03 GMT
That figures, once there was only one shrub on our local river bank, now there's lots of them It can't be sprayed as the river is drinking water.
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