redneckwarior 0 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 i have noticed last few years this weed has took off all over my permission different farms and fields. .it is like a puple pink flower growinng on and the body of plant is like thick green cane . terrible weed..big pest. when i pickd my pup last week from wiltshire it was rife down there side of roads 2.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 i have noticed last few years this weed has took off all over my permission different farms and fields. .it is like a puple pink flower growinng on and the body of plant is like thick green cane . terrible weed..big pest. when i pickd my pup last week from wiltshire it was rife down there side of roads 2.. its everywhere, we unknowingly transplanted some into our garden when we moved in because it looked nice flowers, we got it from a neibour that didnt know what it was, :doh: took us 2 years to get rid of, it took a shit load of weedkiller and a hell of a lot of digging to get rid of it all. then we gave it to the council in their "green waste" bin at the dump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redneckwarior 0 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 i have noticed last few years this weed has took off all over my permission different farms and fields. .it is like a puple pink flower growinng on and the body of plant is like thick green cane . terrible weed..big pest. when i pickd my pup last week from wiltshire it was rife down there side of roads 2.. its everywhere, we unknowingly transplanted some into our garden when we moved in because it looked nice flowers, we got it from a neibour that didnt know what it was, :doh: took us 2 years to get rid of, it took a shit load of weedkiller and a hell of a lot of digging to get rid of it all. then we gave it to the council in their "green waste" bin at the dump. my mother in law has some in her front garden likes the look of the flowers . like u say. bummer to get rid off...she dont no where it come from but it looks nice...she says..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 i have noticed last few years this weed has took off all over my permission different farms and fields. .it is like a puple pink flower growinng on and the body of plant is like thick green cane . terrible weed..big pest. when i pickd my pup last week from wiltshire it was rife down there side of roads 2.. its everywhere, we unknowingly transplanted some into our garden when we moved in because it looked nice flowers, we got it from a neibour that didnt know what it was, :doh: took us 2 years to get rid of, it took a shit load of weedkiller and a hell of a lot of digging to get rid of it all. then we gave it to the council in their "green waste" bin at the dump. my mother in law has some in her front garden likes the look of the flowers . like u say. bummer to get rid off...she dont no where it come from but it looks nice...she says..... does she have railway sleepers in the garden? i think it can come from used sleepers because they used to plant it on railway embankments to keep the soil in place then it just spread like feck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alimac 882 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 hope it dont get near the founds.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tis TM 8 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 That sounds like balsam not Knot weed......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jt750 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Its himalayan balsam your on about mate ...pain in the butt and everywhere ...i think the japanese knotweed is more for wet areas but can't be sure ..thats still a major problem tho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tis TM 8 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 That sounds like balsam not Knot weed......... Balsam http://www.languard.co.uk/invasive-weed-ma...malayan-balsam/ knot weed http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&am...le&resnum=4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob.i 26 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Saw a programme the other week it had a part about jap knot weed it was costing builders thousands to try to eradicate from new builds sometimes having to dig metres with no guarantee that it wouldnt come back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redneckwarior 0 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Its himalayan balsam your on about mate ...pain in the butt and everywhere ...i think the japanese knotweed is more for wet areas but can't be sure ..thats still a major problem tho there is alot around the stream that runs around 1 set of permison it seperates like four fields or more the stream does and two be honest that is where it mainley grows around the stream areas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redneckwarior 0 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 i stand corretced. i was told it was knott weed by a freind but it is the other weed. the himalayan 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 They usualy can grow side by side the river Don in S.yorks is swamped with the stuff.atvb dell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
othickman 6 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 (edited) Around here we find that ragwort is the biggest (and most annoying) pest plant, but it is the only plant that a species of moth caterpillar grow up on, so it's not all bad: but it can really dominate a field, and take over a fallow field. Edited August 28, 2009 by othickman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Around here we find that ragwort is the biggest (and most annoying) pest plant, but it is the only plant that a species of moth caterpillar grow up on, so it's not all bad: but it can really dominate a field, and take over a fallow field. isnt ragwort poisinous to deer aswell as horses and cattle? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Around here we find that ragwort is the biggest (and most annoying) pest plant, but it is the only plant that a species of moth caterpillar grow up on, so it's not all bad: but it can really dominate a field, and take over a fallow field.The Cinnabar moth thats poisonous as well .atvb dell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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