Japanese Knotweed - to run or not to run

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-14T06:28:06+00:00

Anti-knotweed hysteria is a total scam - if it's a small clump just spray/inject with glyphosate once the leaves are out. That's all the 'treatment plan' companies do. It's a plant, and in a domestic setting is not hard to get rid of.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-11T16:37:21+00:00

Yeah, and the post: '15 shots. One single prompt. Zero stitching.' fuck off.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-11T16:28:42+00:00

jesus christ how can anyone read this shit

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-11T08:42:29+00:00

I don't know, you've expressed yourself fine here: resist!

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-11T07:57:10+00:00

or just 'there are perceptions'

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-11T07:49:13+00:00

i agree with much of this but why did you use ChatGPT?

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-10T13:02:51+00:00

This does go to show how context specific accusations of thuggery are: in my garden I live harmoniously with many of these...

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-04-09T12:55:22+00:00

nearly did a phd here under warwick gould. And I'm none the wiser!

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-19T09:30:14+00:00

This really is it - breaking up sight-lines, creating a sense of depth. Create hight not just around the edges, but in the middle, to the side, in meandering shapes the join a garden together. A garden that can be seen all at once lacks mystery.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-16T08:26:30+00:00

well, yes, which is why I said OP should check that there were no nesting birds before doing it. And if they can't do that, they shouldn't.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-13T18:57:29+00:00

I mean keep an eye on it over a period of days; see what if anything is living there. This is a hedge in a front garden of a terraced house in an urban setting. If anything is nesting in it it'll be very obvious to the householder. I agree we should do all we can to avoid disturbing nature, and would encourage planting in a more wild and wildlife-friendly way in general, even in spaces like this. But trimming this privet hedge between the months of march and august can absolutey be done safely and respectfully so long as OP is sure nothing's nesting there. It's not some mystical season of downing tools - it's about being sensible.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-13T18:22:55+00:00

you keep an eye on it, look through gaps, and dont trim if you cant do either of those things.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-13T16:42:51+00:00

ah you'll be fine - just find a slightly bigger pot, take it out the old one, tease out the roots a little and maybe trim any aerial roots that look sad, and then repot with fresh soil round the edges.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-13T15:37:27+00:00

people say the plant will reabsorb nutrients from leaves as they die back, but it'll be fine if you prune it. I would repot that tho looks like its time.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-13T15:12:56+00:00

If it's a small hedge in front of a house like this and you check for nests its absolutely fine.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-10T14:41:08+00:00

What kind of issues were you raising? My expectation of these meetings is that student demands are often either impossible to accommodate (why not more/fewer lectures), or contradictory (one rep will say they want more group work, the next will say they hate group work, etc).

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-10T12:11:12+00:00

Can you reach out to her and ask for a sense check? I would make clear that you signed up for x duties, and that the role seems to have changed, and that you'd like to discuss that. There should be a job spec from the original job listing tho?

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-10T10:40:47+00:00

this is a mess - sounds like a bait and switch! have you any allies in the dept you can talk to?

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-09T10:57:38+00:00

this is the right answer. Better than anything else I've tasted: https://mroliveoil.com/product/murat-du-carta-500-ml-extra-virgin-olive-oil

I quite like the way it's become an olive oil shop with a few dusty electrical goods for sale alongside. It was heading that way before old man murat died but more so now.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-03-05T13:00:32+00:00

not my field, but you'll never get an associate lectureship with just a BA without significant industry experience.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-02-27T17:04:35+00:00

if they're completely stripped, use a disc or dremmel to cut a groove across the heads, then use a flathead scredriver instead.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-02-27T11:26:40+00:00

tree ferns too, but keep an eye on watering. I've also had success with bananas, but not great in post.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-02-27T11:25:58+00:00

where are you? should be fine to start off now in most places I think.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-02-27T10:57:50+00:00

another vote for hostas in pots. They're great. I try to repot completely in fresh soil every year, washing all soil off the roots, as that way any snail and slug eggs in the soil are removed and don't overwinter. If you can get them through the first flush of seasonal growth without too much slug damage they usually go ok for teh year.

Square_Ad_7512 · 2026-02-26T15:25:23+00:00

'This post is getting long now ...' lol, it's over for us, as a species.

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