Japanese knot weed?

[Itchy]

Went to go look at a house.

The estate agent then said Japanese knot weed. BUT the council is dealing with it and they're going to finish the job.

Barge pole?
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[doggone]

The tiniest bit of root left next door or even under concrete could take off again.

[J4mes]

What are the council doing and what guarantee are they giving that the job will be complete and it won't return?

No thanks.

[Pete.]

2 metres down and 3 metres radius around the growth. Anything less and they haven't got it.

EDIT: My apologies, it's 2m down and up to 7m radius.
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[Snodvan]

I have a colleague who acuired propery with this problem.
Despite so-called treatments the stuff still comes.
The presence of the weed is "on record" leading to massive problems with insurance and ---- he cannot sell the place

LONG barge pole

Snod
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[Rogerborg]

Balance the price against how close it is to the structures. It's not like there's a surfeit of cheap properties out there.

Insurance, OK, but if the council declares that you're knotweed free, aren't you knotweed free, even if you aren't?
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[Ste]

They say Japanese Knot Weed but as you can never believe anything an estate agent says, I wonder what they're knot telling you.

[grr666]

I buy more houses than your average bear.
I wouldn't touch it.
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is an absolute nightmare to get rid of, leave it a lone if possible
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[Ben90]

We've dealt with it as contractors on large estates where they have forests of it 30m across.

It's prohibitively expensive to dig out and dispose of, which big developers do if they want to use the land fast. We nuke it with systemic herbicide both by spraying and stem injection and our first application made the biggest difference, an 85% reduction. Year-on-year we've returned for less than half a day when the plants are waist height and attacked it again - safe to say it's nearly knocked on the head and fairly cost effectively.

It just takes a few years to deal with. Depends how that goes down with insurers

Didn't know about it staying 'on record' though - any excuse for insurers to pull people's trousers down. If it's been dealt with properly it's not coming back, unless you live next to a river or something.
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[MattEMulsion]

Am I the only one who had to google what Japanese Knot Weed is???
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[Diggs]

The fact that developers knock thousands of the price of sites that have it should be a good indication of how much it costs to get rid of it completely. As a previous poster said, it takes years to completely eradicate it and like you will always have it at the back of your mind. Don't bother - or if you really like the house offer bottom dollar to reflect the infestation...
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[Skudd]

Is it because it is Japanese ?
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[pepperami]

Just a thought? , but have you ever seen JKW in a regularly maintained garden?
Maybe weekly cutting/mowing/strimming will eventually kill it out?

It starts by establishing it`s self in the more remote parts of the garden and spreads.
Translocated/hormonal/systemic herbicides will be more affective than contact herbicides.
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[Pete.]

You can cut it with a scythe or shears but you mustn't mow it or strim it, you'll just distribute it over a wider area doing that. Otherwise, you're right - you COULD keep it as an ornamental plant and control it's growth with cultivation but it will spread if left un-checked because we don't have it's natural parasite native to the UK and you'll be very unpopular with your neighbours if you do it. It's illegal to allow it to spread off your property.
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