HELP! Rapidly growing plant / weed ??

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• Calendula Posts: 69

  April 2014

  I'm afraid (and unfortunately you should be too) that it's Japanese Knotweed http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=218

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• NewbieGardener2014 Posts: 3

  April 2014

  Oh no! Thats not what i want to hear, but thank you for the reply calendula Will get to removing it ASAP or try to anyway ...

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• Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

  April 2014

  Bumped this back up so folks can advise Newbie 2014 

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• Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

  April 2014

  Bumped back up.

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• Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

  April 2014

  Moved back up.

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,614

  April 2014

  Cut it down and burn on site.

  do NOT put in bin or compost heap.

  Treat any regrowth with glyphosate weedkiller several times.

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• Supernoodle Posts: 954

  April 2014

  hi newbie,

  suggest have a look at other thread "unknown plant" by Dlearious for some advice.

  good luck

  Noodle

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• NewbieGardener2014 Posts: 3

  April 2014

  thank you so much for all your help I have ordered some Scotts Roundup Tree Stump & Rootkiller (glyphosate) from amazon which will arrive tomorrow...and then we will get to work removing, burning and hopefully destroying!!
  
  thanks again 

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• Green Fingered Mikey Posts: 211

  April 2014

  Definitely Japanese knot weed, we have been trying to kill a lot of this at an old grave site on volunteers work its a nightmare a few weeks ago our team leader treated clumps of the weed with some special killer (I will ask him what he used when I see him next) he works for our local council so he would of used high strenght stuff put it this way only he is allowed to use as he is certificatly qualified,
  
  You can see the dead jkw on my volunteer post, all of jkw was dead when we were there last week appart from one new 4 inch shoot we are back there next wednesday with fingers crossed no more new shoots.I hope you manage to get rid of it ok and your lucky there is not much to get rid of.

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