Solved Help with ID please

Hello - can anyone help me ID this plant?
Leaves and stems only, no flowers on it, about 6ft tall.
Thank you!

 

Welcome to the forums Sarahc.

Oh dear..I am sorry to say it is Fallopia japonica...the much dreaded very invasive Japanese knotweed.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=F...ChMI85GnvIT-xgIViDwUCh0eSgIk&biw=1536&bih=728

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=j...ChMIq_vrxYX-xgIVQ-8UCh3nfAhE&biw=1536&bih=728

Apparently mortgages can be refused on a home that is found to have it.

It comes up through tarmac and concrete.

DO NOT try to dig it up or cut it down, it will regrow from tiny bits.
DO NOT put into compost or landfill.......
Instead spray it with Round up.
Follow directions exactly...do not be tempted to make a stronger solution.
Death will not be instant to this thug, but the chemical is designed to be taken right down to the root and it dies from the bottom up.
2nd treatment may be necessary.

Before the Olympic games in London it cost millions of £££ to remove/clear the site before they could start to build on it...Quote..."It was estimated the cost of removing Japanese Knotweed during the construction of the Olympic Park in London over 10 acres was £70 million!"

Quote the Telegraph...."Japanese knotweed alone costing the British economy £165m a year, and a total of £1.7bn annually."

Cornwall council have excellent advise.

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environ...invasive-plants/japanese-knotweed/?page=13789

http://www.peterbarry.co.uk/blog/2012/jun/19/japanese-knotweed-ignore-plant-your-cost/

 

Thank you for the help and advice silversurfer...much appreciated.

 

Looks like Japanese Knotweed from the pics. It is the brute of all brutes.

Before you try to tackle it yourself, you may be able to get help (free of charge) from your local council. Ring them tomorrow if you have the time and if they are unable to offer help, let us know in here.

 

To add to @Silver surfer's advise.

Buy the max strength Roundup/ whatever weedkiller brand that you can and it needs to be the stuff you mix, not the rubbish that's sold ready mixed in bottles because it is usually very diluted. You can use either Glyphosate or 2,4-d, which can be bought on amazon under the brand Depitox.

These are useful for spraying the leaves to kill it off on the first round but the chances are that it WILL come back. You could also cut the stems about 8-10 inches from the ground and pour in a highly concentrated mix of Glyphosate 2-3cm deep. The Bayer Super strength stuff is quite cheap on Amazon and the packets (I have many and they say it kills this plant) and it is 680g/KG (68%) Glyphosate, which is stronger than the agricultural grade stuff I bought (41%).

There is a patch of it on a walk where I sometimes take the dog and the council has been trying to kill it off for about 3 years. It looked dead a few months ago, just a load of hollow, dead stems but new shoots were coming up when I last looked about a month ago although they didn't look too healthy, nothing like they did last year.

You can kill this beast yourself and not spend a fortune on getting someone in to do it. The council might do if for free, but like @Silver surfer said, it can stop people from getting mortgages if you try to sell your house while it's present.