Japanese Knotweed Murder Suicide - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Fourm Shark;44414788]gasoline?[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/imgs/m2-flamethrower_2.jpg[/img] The only way. That or hours digging up each individual root.

[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;44414899]-one of the only ways to eradicate a fucking awful plant- The only way. That or hours digging up each individual root.[/QUOTE] You sure a gallon of stump dissolve or what ever the name of that crap is wouldn't murder the shit out of those weeds? I mean, it literally eats the living shit out of the stump and makes it so you can't grow shit there for years. Would it murder your lawn? Yes. Is it worth it in my opinion based on what I've heard here? Fuck yes.

I had some of this stuff at my old house, shit grows a foot a week until it's about twelve feet. NO WAY to kill it, you just chop it down every month or two.

You see this? This is why we shouldn't have legalised it!

I don't know if it would work or if it's legal but I accidentally spilled a big can turpentine on my yard once and nothing grew there for years.

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[QUOTE=rhx123;44412517]Knotweed is almost impossible to get rid of once you get it - roundup won't do shit.[/QUOTE] Same with goat heads. The ONLY thing my parents have found that actually kills the plant instead of just turning it a pale shade of yellow for a day or two? They had to get from "sources" because it's not legal for residential use. For those of you who live under exceptionally comfortable boulders, these are goat-heads: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LTaSnec.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Nsmzl5I.jpg[/IMG] Those spines can get to nearly half an inch long and are the bane of cyclists everywhere.

[QUOTE=rhx123;44412517]Knotweed is almost impossible to get rid of once you get it - roundup won't do shit.[/QUOTE] from wiki [quote]Glyphosate is the best active ingredient in herbicide for use on Japanese knotweed as it is ’systemic’; it penetrates through the whole plant and travels to the roots.[/quote]

So what if someone just dropped a bunch of Knotweed and Goathead seeds throughout alleyways and parks in a city. Are they literally bad enough that they'd to any real damage?

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44416459]So what if someone just dropped a bunch of Knotweed and Goathead seeds throughout alleyways and parks in a city. Are they literally bad enough that they'd to any real damage?[/QUOTE] calm down satan

A sack of pool salt watered into the ground it's growing out of would probably do the trick. Sounds like the kind of thing you'd have to either poison or rip out whole without cutting it once.

[QUOTE=Matthew0505;44417301]I wonder why eco-trolls haven't tried planting these in a forest being cut down yet, imagine how much of a pain in the ass it would be for the loggers.[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Kudzu_on_trees_in_Atlanta%2C_Georgia.jpg/800px-Kudzu_on_trees_in_Atlanta%2C_Georgia.jpg[/img] Because it'd kill everything in the forest anyway.

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;44416296]Same with goat heads. The ONLY thing my parents have found that actually kills the plant instead of just turning it a pale shade of yellow for a day or two? They had to get from "sources" because it's not legal for residential use. For those of you who live under exceptionally comfortable boulders, these are goat-heads: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LTaSnec.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Nsmzl5I.jpg[/IMG] Those spines can get to nearly half an inch long and are the bane of cyclists everywhere.[/QUOTE] One time my friends and I were walking to a petrol station to get some drinks (his fridge was broken or something) and there wasn't really a pavement there, so we just walked by the side of the road. My shoes were full of the spikes, some of them even went through my shoes and poked my feet. By the time we got there, my shoes were ruined so I took them off. And then I stepped on one. It hurt a bit, my foot was bleeding. These things are from hell. [QUOTE=Zero-Point]I just want to clarify this: You just had your SHOES EVISCERATED by the things, and you thought it was a good idea to TAKE THEM OFF? [/QUOTE] I am not a smart person.

[QUOTE=Matthew0505;44417301]I wonder why eco-trolls haven't tried planting these in a forest being cut down yet, imagine how much of a pain in the ass it would be for the loggers.[/QUOTE] I don't think you understand how many invasive species work. They literally ruin the entire ecosystem around them. Shit like this can choke out other plants' nutrients or in the case of kudzu literally grow a thick enough canopy to block out the sun from entire trees. Purposefully planting this shit in a forest is basically killing the forest.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44416459]So what if someone just dropped a bunch of Knotweed and Goathead seeds throughout alleyways and parks in a city. Are they literally bad enough that they'd to any real damage?[/QUOTE] You know, Detroit wasn't always the way it is now.

Pretty sure I have a bush of that stuff in the garden and it just died on its own It's a shame we couldn't swap gardens though, he only lived up the road

[QUOTE=Revanold;44419267]Pretty sure I have a bush of that stuff in the garden and it just died on its own[/QUOTE] Damn, dude. You can't even keep Knotweed alive.

it looks from the photo that they or he even was a good gardener and this plant was doing his head in but to kill his wife in that fashion of pain is uncalled for, surely being a lab tech he could get his hands on something a bit less painful to pop her clogs with

[QUOTE=Omilinon;44414159]knotweed don't fuck around, damn don't we have something similar in the US?[/QUOTE] We have Kudzu here in the South Eastern US. This shit literally grows on everything imaginable. It's also highly resilient and near impossible to get rid of, save for napalm. [img_thumb]https://dnr.state.il.us/Stewardship/cd/images/768x512/0002156.jpg[/img_thumb]

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;44419697]Damn, dude. You can't even keep Knotweed alive.[/QUOTE] My parents are the worst at looking after things

[QUOTE=Bredirish123;44420151]We have Kudzu here in the South Eastern US. This shit literally grows on everything imaginable. It's also highly resilient and near impossible to get rid of, save for napalm. [img_thumb]https://dnr.state.il.us/Stewardship/cd/images/768x512/0002156.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Looks pretty though.

Woah, that's great material for a novel or a psychological horror movie. Because chances are, the growth of the weed and the consequences to him had a deeper, subconscious meaning to him that hurt him so badly that it drove him insane. To him, it must have been the manifestation of all his hopes and dreams being crushed by a force of nature beyond his control. Fascinating stuff

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;44416296]Same with goat heads. The ONLY thing my parents have found that actually kills the plant instead of just turning it a pale shade of yellow for a day or two? They had to get from "sources" because it's not legal for residential use. For those of you who live under exceptionally comfortable boulders, these are goat-heads: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LTaSnec.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Nsmzl5I.jpg[/IMG] Those spines can get to nearly half an inch long and are the bane of cyclists everywhere.[/QUOTE] Jesus christ, nature invented caltrops centuries before we had reason to have them made.

I think I know what's happened here. Someone suggest he use herbicide and he misheard it as murdercide.

[QUOTE=TheMrFailz;44415008]You sure a gallon of stump dissolve or what ever the name of that crap is wouldn't murder the shit out of those weeds? I mean, it literally eats the living shit out of the stump and makes it so you can't grow shit there for years. Would it murder your lawn? Yes. Is it worth it in my opinion based on what I've heard here? Fuck yes.[/QUOTE] The problem with knotweed is, that it can regrow from just about anything and fast. You need to apply herbicide for two to three years to get rid of an infestation and even then it might get in faster than any local plants from a nearby infestation. [QUOTE=Matthew0505;44417301]I wonder why eco-trolls haven't tried planting these in a forest being cut down yet, imagine how much of a pain in the ass it would be for the loggers.[/QUOTE] Because the only thing left to do, is to cut down the dead, oxygen deprived trees afterwards.

[QUOTE=WisdomChief;44416663]A sack of pool salt watered into the ground it's growing out of would probably do the trick. Sounds like the kind of thing you'd have to either poison or rip out whole without cutting it once.[/QUOTE] The problem is that the plant basically creates thousands of clones of itself in the soil, to the extent that untreated soil it's grown in can spread it. If it was easy to kill, we would have done it.

[QUOTE=Camundongo;44424561]The problem is that the plant basically creates thousands of clones of itself in the soil, to the extent that untreated soil it's grown in can spread it. If it was easy to kill, we would have done it.[/QUOTE]Fire. Fire so hot it turns the soil to glass. Remember, when it comes to problems with nature fire is [i]never[/i] not an option, my uncle taught me that. Of course that was before he went to prison for arson, but I'm sure that was entirely unrelated.

[QUOTE=rhx123;44412517]Knotweed is almost impossible to get rid of once you get it - roundup won't do shit.[/QUOTE] Writing this down for "how to fuck with my neighbors"

Invasive species are literally some of the most terrifying things facing us in the future. We need to figure a way out to deal with them because they will change the environment we live in. Whether you're talking about plants or animals, invasive species are bad news. Up in BC, we have several species of invasive plants, they literally cover some lakes, forests, and meadows with their own crap. It's not good for the natural wildlife. Nothing can really be done to remove them as they are about as cemented in as can be. There's a type of water plant(I can't remember the name of it which makes it even harder to search for) that grows like wild fire. Several inches a day of growth, easily able to jump from area to area, able to adapt and beat anything in it's environment. Makes the lakes utterly disgusting and near impossible to swim or boat in.

Ya know this begs the question... What if we got every single horrible weed on the planet put them in a sealed off area to fight to the death? I mean why not? I'd make for one heck of an experiment.