A few weeks back, I read an article in the Sunday Times magazine regarding Japanese Knotweed which told of house sales falling through because of the existence of the weed – even in adjoining properties. I had previously seen scary photographs of the weed growing up through concrete floor in a house and through tarmac driveways. Once I spent a day on my knees repeatedly cutting knotweed stem; putting stem in bag; and finally injecting syringe of undiluted RoundUp into the hollow base of the stem. Ever since, I have been aware of knotweed and have definitely seen it more frequently that has been recorded. Last week, I drove most of the Ring of Kerry. I would suggest that it rivalled Crocosmia as the most common plant that I saw. The sign in Valentia Island was definitely untrue with the weed less than 100m away. I saw the sign outlining details of eradication treatment in Killarney. Based upon the prevalence along the widened stretch of road above Kells Bay and many other new roads, and the fact that less that 0.1 gram of the weed is enough for it to grow in a new location, it might be appropriate to consider whether new roads and hedgecutting are actually spreading the weed if control measures are not adopted beforehand. If you do spot some and have a smart phone with a camera and GPS, you could do worse than report it. In Cork, the road from Dunkettle to Glounthaune; the road between Innishannon and Bandon; around the Revenue Commissioners on Assumption Road; and, the walk from North Mall to the Mardyke will provide large quantity of samples should you wish to view – but don’t do what the Philip Seibold did and bring it home…… | “It is the building sector that feels the financial impacts of knotweed the most with removal costs from development sites being very expensive. One 30mx30m site in Wales cost developers an extra £52,785 to deal with the removal of knotweed. The worst case scenario for a 1m2 patch of knotweed on a development site has been estimated to be up to £54,000” |
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