Plant ID Please

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  1. Andy-Bee

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    Hi All,
    Dose anybody know what this plant is please?
     
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    Hopefully its not Himalayan Balsam?
     
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    Looks like Himalayan Balsam to me, especially given the amount of it in the background.
     
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    DO NOT LET IT SET SEED ...

    Other than that I think you'll be OK :)
     
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      Agree, enjoy the first flush of flowers but then I'm afraid you'd be best ripping it up before it sets seed.

      On the plus side, bees love it :)
       
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      Thankyou for your replies,
      The plant is covering a plot of land I was looking at buying and I thought that it could be the dreaded Knotweed.
      So spraying with Glyphosate before it seeds will kill it?
       
    • Phil A

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      Not Knotweed thank goodness :phew:

      Spraying and hoeing, there will be thousands of seeds ready to come up :doh:

      You can eat the seed pods btw :)
       
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      Yes, easy enough to fill. Its an Annual, so even cutting it down will do. Seed viablililty is not all that long I think? A couple of years, maybe three, so on that basis an annual "cull" for a few years will do the trick. However, if it got there in the first place maybe it is rife in adjacent gardens / land, and thus risk of re-invasion - but in that regard its probably less of a problem that re-invasion of Horsetail, Ground Elder or Bindweed from neighbouring properties - they are harder to eradicate.
       
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        Do you live near a water course (river, stream, ditch etc)? If so, get rid. Otherwise, it's easy enough to manage if you're prepared to deadhead it every few days. Here's a selection called Red Wine which I grow.......................
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        Far better and more manageable is I.balfourii...................
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        I think the bees adore it,
        Jenny
         
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        Very much so! Not so good if you are allergic to bee stings though..............
         
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