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Do i have knotweed?!
hello all
about 3 months ago I received about 25 tonne of soil from a friend of a friend (long story cut short) to level out my rear garden. I have moved about half of it so the rest of it is still sitting in my front garden. recently there has a been a explosion of growth of weeds within the pile of soil (in the front garden) an what has started to grow is worrying me the weeds/ plants are tubular (you can crush the stem between you thumb an finger) and hollow, the stem is green with red flecks like knotweed, the leaves are more pointed than all the other knotweeds i have seen. one thing to note is that on all of the leaves there is a black spot in the centre of all the leaves most of the plants seem to coming into flower, with red tiny flowers not yet open i know an id is differcult without a pic i will upload one tonight does it sound like knotweed?!?? thanks |
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Still the black spot in the centre of the leaf makes this sounds a lot more like Persicaria maculosa, which is noted for having a black spot in the centre of the leaf. Though it is a rather smaller plant than J knotweed. |
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Do i have knotweed?!
In message , mudcow007
writes hello all about 3 months ago I received about 25 tonne of soil from a friend of a friend (long story cut short) to level out my rear garden. I have moved about half of it so the rest of it is still sitting in my front garden. recently there has a been a explosion of growth of weeds within the pile of soil (in the front garden) an what has started to grow is worrying me the weeds/ plants are tubular (you can crush the stem between you thumb an finger) and hollow, the stem is green with red flecks like knotweed, the leaves are more pointed than all the other knotweeds i have seen. one thing to note is that on all of the leaves there is a black spot in the centre of all the leaves A black spot in the centre of the leaves is a field mark for Persicaria maculosa (redshank). This is not the dreaded Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed); but might well be included within then rubric of knotweed. However, it's a lot easier to control that Japanese knotweed. It's commonly an annual arable weed. You control it by pulling it up, or by hoeing. most of the plants seem to coming into flower, with red tiny flowers not yet open Japanese knotweed has white flowers; redshank commonly has deep pink flowers, but there are white and red forms. If you look at the structure of the inflorescence, you'll find that this is different as well; the inflorescence of Japanese knotweed is a spray, that of redshank a spike. i know an id is differcult without a pic i will upload one tonight does it sound like knotweed?!?? thanks -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Many thanks for your replies
after searching through Google for "redshank" it is indeed what i have. It was the stem that made me panic as (to me) it closely resembles Knotweed i have pulled most of the plants that have sprung up (it filled a wheely bin!!) an used glusophate on the rest thanks for the help! |
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