My heart is broken from this weed

[frankieweed]

Thanks everyone for the replies, I haven't checked here for a while and didn't know there were any more replies. I am on holidays at the moment but will take some photos when I get back, cheers.

[zazen999]

Hey Frankie - are you back yet?

[frankieweed]

Im back now, will take some pictures soon, I think the weed is 'Scutch Grass' I saw it described on tv and sounds exactly like what I have.

[Jeanied]

Scutch grass is aother name for couch grass - which is really a grass - the leaves in your first post are too thick for that. Plus which you can get rid of couch after a season or two of pulling out - my plot was thick with it and it is virtually all gone (I just have the rest of the weeds to deal with now!)

[taff]

this might be a silly suggestion but could it be mint?

[Nicos]

The leaves do look like peppermint.
Here are the roots- not a very close up one though....




Wouldn't the smell make it very obvious though????

[zazen999]

Frankie - helloooooo

Did you manage to sort this. I've been worried about it all this time!!!

[Corris]

Hertfordshire couple has to demolish £300k home to rid it of Japanese knotweed | Mail Online

JK strikes again!

There are some good pictures of the leaves there.

[snohare]

it would have been easy if it was JA's

Whatever it is, you know you are right up S**t Creek when people start saying things like that.

[zazen999]

Bumping again - I visited a friend's new plot last week and it was covered in knotweed. Totally different from this but it reminded me of this thread.

I really hope you got it identified and I'm sure most of us would appreciate any update to your plight.

[donnakebab]

Looks like Frankie isn't around any more. For a minute I thought it might be Himalayan Balsam but the roots aren't the same.

It's frustrating, I'd like to know what happened too.