Hi! This plant does still come up in our garden but only in small manageable amounts now. We just pluck up storks that come up in the borders and mow those down in the grass. So not completely gone, but not a huge problem either.
Hello great video. Apparently Japanese Knotweed is a healthy versatile food . There's other RUclips videos featuring people cooking foraging and eating the stuff raw. I think deer like eating this plant as well.
Hey! We haven't completely got rid of this plant, but we have greatly reduced it. Now we just pluck the few shoots that come up in the borders and the rest is moan down in the lawn. It really is an indestructible plant that takes years upon years to completely eradicate.
Hiya Wesley. I am new to gardening. Are you in the UK? I thought JKW had to be dealt with by specialists - of course you my be one such person. Could you elaborate on this a wee bit more please!! 🤔😉👍
Hi! I live in Sweden 🇸🇪 where JKW isn’t illegal like in the UK 🇬🇧 where you probably need a specialist as you say. But in Sweden it’s highly recommended that it should be removed where possible and NEVER planted or spread in anyway.
@@WesleysPlantWorld Thanks Wesley. I loathe that plant. So Sweden has a very different approach to JKW i see. We are unable to get a mortagage if it is with 250 meters of your property. With you saying every now and then you get a shoot breaking through, if you had to leave it alone to it's own management would it simply run amok again? 👍😉
That sounds a bit extreme with 250m. So you have to know that all your neighbours are risk free then? Yes with just a few bits coming up, if left for a season they would recolonise easily. But this plant has never moved to different areas of our garden, it has remained in the same place for years. It can be tired out by constantly trimming down. But to eradicate it takes the removal of all the soil in the area probably a couple of meters down!
Hej, har samma problem i min trädgård, läst om lite olika lösningar. Glofysat, är det något du testat? Många skriver att det ska vara den ”enda” lösningen för att slå ut rotsystemet helt och hållet. En annan fråga, är det någon speciell tid på säsongen som du grävt upp rötterna?
Hej! Jag har inte prövat Glofysat. Jag vill inte använda kemikalier i min trädgård. Vi plockar upp alla de skotten som kommer och slå gräset ofta. Det hjälper tröttna ut växterna, men de är inte borta och det tar många, många år så. Men nu har vi mycket mindre kvar . Vi plocka från när de först börjar komma upp tills de dör under den första frosten.
I have a scary amount of knotweed in a section of my backyard. I've been encouraged big time because de-rooting them by my house has gotten them away from my house. Now that I know what works, fall is going to be a lot of work killing these awful things.
Hi England 🏴 from Sweden 🇸🇪. I’m not sure what your rules are there, but here we are only allowed to take two see through plastic bags of this plant to the waste-recycling station at a time to be burned.
@@WesleysPlantWorld thanks for your reply. There's a management plan in place with a view to eradication (hopefully!) It's a huge garden with so much potential 🌱🌿
Because I haven’t needed to do all that with a lot of extra cost. Now we just pluck the stragglers up and keep the grass cut, this way they lose their energy over time as they can’t photosynthesise without growing stems and leaves. It seems to be working, but yes it will take years anyway 🌿
@@WesleysPlantWorldI just watched a guy spend $1500 on heaviest landscape barrier available. That's way too much for my budget. After all that, it still will take years to get rid of the stuff, so I'm looking for another way.
Thank you for posting this! Informative and interesting.
Hey, do you have an update on the knotweed? Do you still have it in your garden or is it gone completely now?
Hi! This plant does still come up in our garden but only in small manageable amounts now. We just pluck up storks that come up in the borders and mow those down in the grass. So not completely gone, but not a huge problem either.
Hello great video.
Apparently Japanese Knotweed is a healthy versatile food .
There's other RUclips videos featuring people cooking foraging and eating the stuff raw.
I think deer like eating this plant as well.
Your right. They taste really good. I make crumble with them, but they can be used for all sorts 😋🌿
What a wonderful garden! Hope you will not see too much of the knotweed in the future.
Thank you so much. We seen less and less of this plant each year🙏🏽 🙂🌿👍🏽
@@WesleysPlantWorldHi see my new comment above how to eradicate without digging.
Hey Wesley! Were you able to get rid of it completely? We're in the process of buying a house and learned that there is knotweed in the garden :)
Hey! We haven't completely got rid of this plant, but we have greatly reduced it. Now we just pluck the few shoots that come up in the borders and the rest is moan down in the lawn. It really is an indestructible plant that takes years upon years to completely eradicate.
Hiya Wesley. I am new to gardening. Are you in the UK? I thought JKW had to be dealt with by specialists - of course you my be one such person. Could you elaborate on this a wee bit more please!! 🤔😉👍
Hi! I live in Sweden 🇸🇪 where JKW isn’t illegal like in the UK 🇬🇧 where you probably need a specialist as you say. But in Sweden it’s highly recommended that it should be removed where possible and NEVER planted or spread in anyway.
@@WesleysPlantWorld Thanks Wesley. I loathe that plant. So Sweden has a very different approach to JKW i see. We are unable to get a mortagage if it is with 250 meters of your property. With you saying every now and then you get a shoot breaking through, if you had to leave it alone to it's own management would it simply run amok again? 👍😉
That sounds a bit extreme with 250m. So you have to know that all your neighbours are risk free then? Yes with just a few bits coming up, if left for a season they would recolonise easily. But this plant has never moved to different areas of our garden, it has remained in the same place for years. It can be tired out by constantly trimming down. But to eradicate it takes the removal of all the soil in the area probably a couple of meters down!
Hej, har samma problem i min trädgård, läst om lite olika lösningar. Glofysat, är det något du testat? Många skriver att det ska vara den ”enda” lösningen för att slå ut rotsystemet helt och hållet. En annan fråga, är det någon speciell tid på säsongen som du grävt upp rötterna?
Hej! Jag har inte prövat Glofysat. Jag vill inte använda kemikalier i min trädgård. Vi plockar upp alla de skotten som kommer och slå gräset ofta. Det hjälper tröttna ut växterna, men de är inte borta och det tar många, många år så. Men nu har vi mycket mindre kvar . Vi plocka från när de först börjar komma upp tills de dör under den första frosten.
I have a scary amount of knotweed in a section of my backyard. I've been encouraged big time because de-rooting them by my house has gotten them away from my house. Now that I know what works, fall is going to be a lot of work killing these awful things.
Yes it’s many years work trying to get rid off this plant, but it can be done eventually 😆🤞🏽🌿
What do you do with it? I thought we were not allowed to take it to our usual disposal units. This is from England.
Hi England 🏴 from Sweden 🇸🇪. I’m not sure what your rules are there, but here we are only allowed to take two see through plastic bags of this plant to the waste-recycling station at a time to be burned.
@@WesleysPlantWorld thanks for answering , I will enquire over here and get the rules correctly.
Have you defeated the knotweed? Should I buy a house with knotweed or run a mile?
@@WesleysPlantWorld thanks for your reply. There's a management plan in place with a view to eradication (hopefully!) It's a huge garden with so much potential 🌱🌿
can you explain why you didn't mulch and cover with a pond liner for 5 years after removal as many sites recommend ?
Because I haven’t needed to do all that with a lot of extra cost. Now we just pluck the stragglers up and keep the grass cut, this way they lose their energy over time as they can’t photosynthesise without growing stems and leaves. It seems to be working, but yes it will take years anyway 🌿
@@WesleysPlantWorldI just watched a guy spend $1500 on heaviest landscape barrier available. That's way too much for my budget. After all that, it still will take years to get rid of the stuff, so I'm looking for another way.
So, one year later: has it returned yet?
Little bits come up here and there, but nothing like before. We’ll keep tiring them out, but it’s going well, although not at all gone for good!