Treating Japanese Knotweed pt 1

Treating Japanese Knotweed pt 1 - Weeds

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11 жыл бұрын

Treating Japanese Knotweed pt 1 - Weeds
Japanese Knotweed is a destructive and invasive species which has to be killed off and/or burnt. Most councils need to be informed if you have it as it can be so destructive to buildings and the like. Hopefully this video can help get rid of your problem.
This treatment in the video has been continued spring and autumn since the video was recorded and this particular infestation is now dead.
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@adamslosar2177 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos I have seen.

@redpine8665 Жыл бұрын

When I have cut knotweed, I have found that at each leaf, the stem is NOT hollow. There's a fiberous material there. Only under the most bottom leaves do you squirt the herbicide.

@zwz.zdenek 10 жыл бұрын

The stem filling method is most effective in April/May when the shoots are young and the leaf spraying is best done in September when it's flowering.

@PaniacThrilla 10 жыл бұрын

Looks like a great method to get rid of knotweed, unfortunately, I need to get rid of it at an apartment building with small children and I'm hesitant to use pesticides in an area that they're going to be playing in.

@NickBarban 9 жыл бұрын

The point of this video is that JKW is not indigenous to the uk and has become a major problem all over the country. So much so, that this plant, that is a medicine, is reportable to local councils for scheduled removal. Mortgage acceptance have been put on hold or cancelled because of this invasive plant and my job is to remove it from where it's not wanted. After all, a weed is a plant in the wrong place and as time has shown, this one should have stayed I Japan

@NickBarban 8 жыл бұрын

Hi joe. No, you can't. The root system goes on forever. Consistent systemic or translocated treatment in the stems and on the leaves is the way to go. Digging it out is like trying to dig the roots out on ivy or ground elder. A waste of time

@NickBarban 10 жыл бұрын

As with all pesticides, you need to be careful around children and animals. One option that you can work with this, is to just do the internal treatment so there is nothing on the external leaves. If you do it this way, you could double the SBK stump killer or equivalent as you would only be treating the internals of the plant. Either way, your still looking at a couple of years to kill off this stuff

@amymartin7236 7 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@marks501

Diesel diesel diesel…. Natures cure!!!

@NickBarban 10 жыл бұрын

Keep the kids away from the treated ares for a day or so so that any overspray onto the leaves has dried/absorbed. Yes, kids love to put anything in their mouths or licking things. Fortunately, kids don't do that with plants (most of the time), but if they do, seek medical advice immediately and tell the paramedics exactly what the JKW has been treated with. In 12 yrs, this has not happened once :)

@exwhyz33 9 жыл бұрын

you should also show what the product looks like, where from and how much?

@andrewcurragh4205 3 жыл бұрын

wondering what to do with the very young shoots coming up? iv about 3 to four tall stems and you made that clear on what yo do thanks.

@azardean685 2 жыл бұрын

Just use gallop 360 or 490 I killed with that never came back

@NickBarban 10 жыл бұрын

Hi john. Yes, sulphuric acid would certainly do the trick but it's not something I would recommend - privately or commercially. The persistency rate of sulphuric acid is very high and will stay I the ground for well over a year and affect the growth of other plants around it, apart from it being illegal to use in the treatment of JKW! Or any other weeds for that matter. Hope you were wearing gloves and a face mask and goggles

@smurfiennes 4 жыл бұрын

How to spot it? You can't just pick random plants and guess if it's knotweed..

@pinklady7184 7 жыл бұрын

Has anyone ever tried pigs that eat all sorts of plants including roots? I wonder what happens to Japanese Knotweed if pigs eat at them.

@aaatotal4588 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick.... Please give me an update ... and maybe a video of part 2 :-)

@cemento6134 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, thanks for the video, very clear. In your experience once you start treatment does it stop/stunt the growth getting any worse?

@StratsRUs 3 жыл бұрын

Is it good to inject each stem as well as spray it ?

@P4hko 4 жыл бұрын

I did dig up moste of the rots and burned everything where it sat in the fall. Then put a thick rubber mat over the area. And now in the sumer when it shots out a few shuts far away outside the rubber mat i pick them straight away. That most kill it right? if it can't grow it will need to decomposte after a year or a few years right? its a really damp and rich soil btw