Our Process

• Site assessment
• Invasive Plant Management Plan
• Treatment
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Site assessment

We will visit and walk over the entire site, checking boundaries and if possible adjacent properties. We will visit all types of sites including; private property, brown field, commercial and industrial. To give an accurate quote for the remediation of Japanese knotweed or any invasive weed a site assessment is required.

As part of the assessment we will include:

• A site plan and photos – identifying where the Japanese knotweed or other invasive weed is situated.
• Inspection of the surrounding area.
• History of past treatments and current maintenance schedules.
• How development plans would affect the treatment.
• Risk assessments including biological, health & safety and financial.

Invasive plant management plan

After a discussion with you the client we will design a plan for the management or eradication of the Japanese knotweed.

It will contain:

• The objectives of the management.
• An evaluation of control options (if applicable and will be influenced by proposed use of land).
• A detailed description of the control actions to be taken.
• An assessment of the risks associated with any control actions.
• A description of how the success of the control action will be evaluated.
• Advice on how to prevent additional Japanese knotweed arriving on site.
• A treatment schedule.
• A full breakdown of costs associated with the control action.

Treatment

There are usually four main treatment methods of dealing with the Japanese knotweed:

Herbicide treatment

This is our preferred method of dealing with the invasive weed. The best time for Japanese knotweed to be sprayed is late summer from flowering onwards.

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Combined treatment methods

Each client and sites requirements are individual and therefore sometimes a combination of herbicide, excavation and cultivation achieve the best results in the most cost effective manner.

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Burying

Burial of Japanese knotweed is an ideal way of reducing the cost of excavation and removal from site, as you are keeping the contaminated waste on site.

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Japanese knotweed removal and excavation

This is an ideal method of removing Japanese knotweed for individuals or companies that have time constraints and need to remove the Japanese knotweed within a short period of time.

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