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royfellows
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14 years ago

#41

Yes, the infamous Japanese Knotweed, and I believe that it was imported deliberately in the 19th Century.

It’s just that I have been visiting sites for the past 25 to 30 years that have remained disused since the turn of the 20th Century, and yet they have become virtually unapproachable just in the last few years.

Maybe it’s just me getting older.

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Peter Burgess
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14 years ago

#42

My first guess would be reduction in intensive grazing, if we are talking of sheep on moorland etc.

carnkie
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14 years ago

#43

"Aditaddict" wrote:
I had to say it Roy
But the increase in plant growth could be due to the sheer amount of bloody rain we have had in recent years

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Morlock
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14 years ago

#44

Himalayan Balsam seems to be running riot in parts of South Wales. 😮

ICLOK
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14 years ago

#45

Shed loads up here on wetter mine sites 😞 .... Flocton was 5 ft deep in the crap... least it crushes easy! 🙂

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Roger L
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14 years ago

#46

Himalayan Balsam was brought in by the well to do for there gardens in the late 1800 I think and it has spread from there. The seeds are jettisoned from the pod. It follows water courses and spreads from there. As Iclok says there is alot round the Huddersfield/ Flockton area.

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Roy Morton
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14 years ago

#47

Looks a darn sight prettier than Knotweed though. They call it Donkey Rhubarb in Cornwall and you can eat the stuff :blink: wouldn't recommend it as a form of control though. :lol:

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