[demonfarmer2630]

my hens love the stuff but have eaten it to death dose any one have any i can dig up and replant please im in kennoway so let me know asap any info on wild growing stuff would help too please if you can help let me know

[harmony]

Is this the stuff that is a non native invasive species our Rivers Trust are trying to get rid of along our riverbanks?

[demonfarmer2630]

may be non native but its great in a salad and the hens love eating it its high in vitamin c and if looked after its a brilliant plant for chickens and goats

[bloomer]

see reply on other thread


moving it or replanting it is a crime under scottish law

[YoungRasher]

I'm sure you can be prosecuted if your found be be knowingly moving or planting it.

[Ghdp]

Do you really mean japanese knot weed?? The presence of such a plant is capable of ruining the saleablity of any land, has to be disclosed by a seller and is a seriously invasive plant. I am sure planting it is probably illegal.

[doganjo]

Are you SURE this is what you have?
http://www.invasiveplantcompany.com/japanese_knotweed.php?kw=japanese%20knot%20weed&fl=285851&ci=44632374747&network=s&gclid=CjwKEAjw3_ypBRCwoKqKw5P9wgsSJAAbi2K94SXlRBOdmYvO-vK5ZSELNIVZcMrdcvoGaOASS9teERoCoN_w_wcB

Some gardeners still consider F. japonica to be an attractive ornamental plant and may therefore plant it in ignorance.Recently in the UK, mortgage lenders have been refusing to lend against properties with Japanese knotweed present and this has resulted in the devaluation of properties which has been highly publicised in the press.

I'd be inclined to call in experts to eradicate it if it regrows - which it may well do from what i have just read.  It's almost impossible to kill.

But it may not be what you have - do you have any photos?

[demonfarmer2630]

yes im sure its knot weed and it can be kept bought and sold  not illegal and you can only be prosacuted if it grown in to someone elses land if done reserch and iv even consulted with the gov.co.uk check link below
https://www.gov.uk/prevent-the-spread-of-harmful-invasive-and-non-native-plants
so im only interested in genuine responses not people telling me im in the wrong i have done a solid year of checking and making sure it was japanese knot weed so please only respond if you are being helpful
thank you for reading and responding though



 

[doganjo]

I don't think anyone is criticising you. We are all on here to help each other, and if some of us thought it was illegal to plant this then it was because there is a lot of adverse publicity about this invasive weed; and it was said with the best of intentions and bona fide, in order to prevent you having problems.

I understand some breeds of sheep take a delight in eating it too.  I think there was an experiment done last year but I can't find it on Google at the minute.

You might like to check your mortgage agreement too if you have one. 

[demonfarmer2630]

i rent and have the owners perms sorry if people thought i was having a go just find it odd that people listen to rumors and what they have heard still should be some one with some pm me if your worries at the response on here

[doganjo]

I just hope the people you rent your land from know the consequences of it growing there- and didn't you say you owned the land in the other thread?

[demonfarmer2630]

i rent the house and own the field just to make that clear

[HesterF]

Sorry, no help because we're miles away but I know they're having huge problems with it in one of the Kent County Council owned country parks near here. They're trying desperately to eradicate it which involves digging down miles over a huge area. I reckon they'd snap your hand off for a few chickens to eat it all if it really is that easy to control! Meantime I hope your hens can find some other tasty treat - I'm sure there are plenty that aren't quite as invasive.

[demonfarmer2630]

if your having trouble with it pen it off snd get a few goats they will clear it in a week or too they wil eat any plant and are quick at it too

[Ghdp]

I am not having a go or criticising you - but i do have an anxiety about this stuff growing from some personal experience. I shall watch your thread on this with interest as i thought that cutting it down, presumably akin to grazing, caused an increase in vigour. Attempting to dig it up certainly has that effect. Having said that my mother has been snapping bits of what she called 'ornamental bamboo' in her garden and it has not spread very much further.

If your experience of grazing it with hens and goats works  then i for one will be interested but presumably you dont want to erradicate it but actively cultivate it. If you can find a value in this plant that too would be interesting. I do know that the presence of this on land has to be disclosed if you are selling and a buyer would have real difficulties in raising finance to buy (unless, perhaps,  there was a clear management to erradication proramme in place .