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Japanese knotweed

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Grammaretto Mon 20-Apr-26 12:18:08

I'm about to put my house on the market and have identified a crop of JKW at the far end of the garden ground
It's a wet area so probably extends beyond my garden, following the nearby riverside.
It's a good distance from my house and has been there for years and not bothered us.

I have had a quote for a survey of £500 and who knows what the actual cost of removal would be.

My friend tells me to attack it with systemic weedkiller and so deal with it myself.

Any advice welcome?
It's just coming out now, looking innocent and pretty among the wild garlic and goose grass .

I'm also told if you pretend you haven't got it and sell the property, the buyers could sue me for a hefty fine.

My home report last year didn't pick it up but I now have to have a new report.

Allira Thu 23-Apr-26 11:05:47

Caleo

Esmay

Caleo
Thank you very much for your comment .
Frankly I'm glad that you aren't my neighbour as well !
My parents cut back the neighbour's weeds for 20 years and I have for the last 17.
It isn't just brambles - it's marestail and it has destroyed the once nice path and has invaded every flower bed .
I have to negotiate a slope to remove his weeds and I've slipped a few times.
I've given up exhibiting my flowers as the foxes ruin them .

There seems to be a cultural divide between people who like to leave nature to do what it does and people who believe in dominating nature.

No, there is a growing movement for rewilding, even in suburban gardens.

What many people don't realise is that rewilding has to be carefully managed and requires a lot of work. It doesn't mean letting suburban gardens run wild with any old weed or overtaken by brambles and a forest.

Caleo Thu 23-Apr-26 12:00:16

I know that Allira, and I agree, I carefully planned my wildish garden .