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Matty
09-03-10, 17:41
Oh bloody wonderful idea, you cant get rid of it so you are going to release a non native bug into the country.

The end is nigh!

(I'm sure a link will appear once its on the BBC website)
wizzbang
09-03-10, 18:27
It is a horrendous idea. Whole islands have been depleted of some or other wildlife because of introducing non native beasties.
Take for example the knotweed itself.
Will they never learn!
Lynne x
Matty
09-03-10, 20:51
OH they will learn, in about 10 years someone's going to nudge someone else & say "You know, I dont think we should have done that!" because we will have been overrun with a bug that we cannot get rid of and its eating all our natural vegetation because its killed off the stinkweed.

But then whoever in government that made this decision most likely wont be there still when this happens so what do they care.
JohnnyX
09-03-10, 21:17
Isn't it Knotweed? :scratch_head:
Markk
09-03-10, 21:21
Yes, Johnny !!

It all over the UK tbh

Mark:scratch_head:
Matty
09-03-10, 21:28
Oh yeah, that stuff lol

Stinks when its rotting though :D
Rossday
09-03-10, 21:42
So we've got Wallabys bouncing all ove the Peak District, Grey Squirrels knocking our Red ones out of the trees and now they want to turn the country into a bugs paradise:eek:

Wer'e all doomed - Science will be the death of us:suspect:
Elcie
12-03-10, 22:49
Stinkweed and knotweed aren't the same plant. See this link for info.
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/weedguid/stinkwd.htm
Matty
13-03-10, 08:05
We've realised I got the wrong weed Elcie, perhaps Johnny or Lee can change the title.... :D
JohnnyX
13-03-10, 08:57
We've realised I got the wrong weed Elcie, perhaps Johnny or Lee can change the title.... :D

Done. :)
Elcie
13-03-10, 11:27
We've realised I got the wrong weed Elcie, perhaps Johnny or Lee can change the title.... :D

:suspect: What weed you get then, where from and is it legal?:suspect:
Matty
13-03-10, 13:48
Cheers JohnnyX
trish123
20-05-10, 08:54
I managed to kill some knotweed last year - I waited till the stems were about an inch or so circular, cut them quite close to the ground then poked inside the stems to break the insides of the nodes (theyre a bit like bamboo inside) then poured in systemic weedkiller. It did the trick so I will attack a wider area this year.......
Rossday
21-05-10, 10:59
Why not try eating it instead of killing it?

A Restaurant in Brighton has put it on the Menu as a delicacy.

Japanese Knotweed becomes restaurant favourite (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/05/17/japanese-knotfeed-115875-22264357/)

Anybody got a spare Couldron? :bonk: