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japanese knotweed

dewdrop · 2017-06-15 06:28:02

Several websites have alarming comments in that this pest can damage your home; prevent you getting a mortgage and that removal can be costly etc. There is the odd report that all this somewhat exagerated and that vested .interests paint the worst scenarios. What is the real situation and why has it become such a major…

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#152 27-05-2020 3:05pm
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I dont think this is JK but want to be certain before I go culling it. Any idea what it is?

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#153 27-05-2020 3:14pm
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Pious14 wrote: »

I dont think this is JK but want to be certain before I go culling it. Any idea what it is?

That's an Ash tree sapling

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#154 27-05-2020 3:24pm
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That's an Ash tree sapling

Without derailing the tread. Have quite a few of these growing in my gravel path outside my house. Is it worth cutting the stem and planting in the garden or should I destroy for rush of spread

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#155 27-05-2020 3:37pm
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Cutting the stem would kill them, if you want to transplant them dig up the roots with a ball of soil around them, but keep in mind that they become big trees and that their seeds spread and sprout like wildfire, so it depends on where your garden is and how big it is.

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