What You Need to Know about Japanese Knotweed : A UK Guide for the Non-Specialist / Jim Glaister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glaister, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weeds.

Japanese knotweed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Packard Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

This handy pocketbook separates fact from fiction about the invasive weed, Japanese knotweed, If you have the plant in your garden, or your neighbour has, this book will advise what to do. Typical questions asked by members of the public are: Why is knotweed such a menace? Will Japanese knotweed prevent me from selling my property? Dare I buy a property with knotweed growing on it? Can I get a mortgage on property that has knotweed in the garden? What shouldn't I do to Japanese knotweed? Will this weed reduce a house to rubble? Can I ignore it when building a patio or onto the house? What options are available for controlling knotweed? Can I actually identify it? How does it spread? What are my legal responsibilities regarding knotweed? Where can I find impartial advice?

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

What You Need to Know about Japanese Knotweed

A note to readers

1. Introduction

Public attitudes

2. Recognise your plant

How does it reproduce?

How has it become so widespread?

Different forms of knotweed and other similar plants

3. Dealing with knotweed on properties

Basic do's and don'ts

What should you do if knotweed is growing in your garden?

What legal recourse do you have if it spreads onto your land?

Buying property with knotweed growing on it

Mortgage lenders and the property market

4. Why is Japanese knotweed a cause for concern?

Environmental impact

Structural damage

Is Japanese knotweed a health risk?

5. Methods of treatment - what the professionals can do for you

Control or eradication

Control by herbicide

Glyphosate

Dormancy

'Bonsai' regrowth

Excavation

Removal

Root barriers

Alternative methodologies

Hand-pulling

Cutting

Mowing

Covering

Burning

The consequences of knotweed disturbance

Insurance-backed guarantees (IBG)

Insurance cover

Contractors' obligations

Reinfestation

Finding impartial advice

Trade bodies and other organisations

Glossary of acronyms and common terms

Source material

Books, guidance publications, codes of practice, reports

About the author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-83764-552-3

OCLC:

1378934092