Questa fondazione giapponese è killer o no?
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di redczzzar
Questa fondazione giapponese è killer o no?
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di redczzzar
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It is.
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Can’t say 100%. But I’d contact a specialist before you touch it
Yes, that is definitely Japanese knotweed. Time to buy some weedkiller.
The best time to apply weedkiller to it is in late summer/autumn, when the plant is drawing nutrients from the leaves back into the roots for the winter, so it’ll draw the poison with it too. The roots are very deep, so you need to kill those, if you spray it now the leaves will just grow back. It may take a few years to kill off fully, but it can be done.
Just as an edit for OP, look up how to kill it off properly if you’re going to try it. Apparently Glyphosate is best so other weedkillers mightn’t work as well. I’m not an expert so get advice from a professional if possible.
Looks like it to me,Japanese knotweed is a plague
Get knotted
It’s knot
Looks like it. The heart-shaped leaves and the rhubarb-like stalks suggest so.
Not great news, but you can mitigate
Condolences my friend, that’s going to be a massive ball-ache to get rid of.
DO NOT cut it!
You can find the growing cycle online, there’s a few weeks of the year the plant sends energy down to the rhizome root system. That’s your chance to start killing the plant, you can inject glyphosate (roundup) into the lower stem and it will send the weed killer down to the roots. The weed killer can’t be too strong though, as that will just kill the flower and it won’t reach the roots. You may need to repeat the process the following year.
It’s knotweed, I tried smoking it before and it’s definitely knot weed
Just feed it some foundations and see what happens.
RIP
How did that even get there?
Yes
It’s not not knot wood
Looks like knotweed to me which is a bloody nightmare too.
Absolutely it is.
If that’s your wall between your s and neighbours garden I’d take a peek over it
It’s knot Japanese I know that much
It is knot
Years ago my Dad noticed a fantastic plant growing along the Canal At Vicarstown and decided to take a slip to plant in his garden. Needless to say that slip took off like a rocket growing when I noticed it one day while visiting. A mate well clued in on plants confirmed it for me. I injected each stem to the tonsils in undiluted Round and I believe it killed it. That was over 6 years ago and no reoccurrence so far! It wasn’t Dads finest moment lord rest him!
Check if your local county council will deal with this. It’s a listed invasive species so the chances are they will spray it for free.
Definitely Japanese Knotweed, as others have said. Better than spraying though is to cut the stems ( which are hollow ) and drop neat weedkiller into them immediately so it’s drawn down with sap to roots. JK, like bindweed, coltsfoot and brambles, is resistant to glyphosate and needs tougher treatment. I have a turkey baster ( like a giant eardropper) for this.
I should label my giant eardropper “not for bfg”, coz fuck the Bonecruncher and Butcher Boy. I’m short of physical affection in my life so i’m ambivalent about Manhugger.
Rip qe2.
It’s knotweed alright. I would say you want to do stem injection of weed killer at the right time of year. Knotweed is perennial so just before winter it will pull all it’s nutrients back down to its root system so if you inject it just before winter it will pull the weed killer down into its root and kill it. But this is a 5-6 year continuously injecting it job. You also need to inject every stem so search around and see if you can’t find anymore around the place because they are likely connected. There is a company in the UK which electrocute it and essentially cook it with electric shocks but I’m not sure if they have an Irish branch yet.
I don’t know where you are ( it’s harder in town with high walls between gardens) but have a look around. It can spread from meters away. Kill yours for sure, but have a look around to see if there is another patch it has spread from.
It could have come in contaminated soil, or roots on tools or machinery or a bit of it dropped by something. But if its spread locally you are going to want to talk to your neighbour. Glyphospate is relatively cheap. There are guides on the internet about how to go about it from memory follow the herbicide instructions go in autumn and be prepared to repeat uo to 3 times.