Weedtec Property Care Association Award PRESS RELEASE Worsley specialist honoured at trade body awards A Worsley-based company specialising in the treatment, control and removal of invasive plants such as Japanese knotweed has been recognised at a top industry event, organised by a national trade body. Weedtec was honoured by the Property Care Association (PCA) at…

At Weedtec, our team of Japanese Knotweed Specialists offer free knotweed surveys and Japanese Knotweed removal Manchester. If you’re concerned that your property in Manchester or commercial properties may have these invasive species, our knotweed removal team will be able to assist in the control of these plants. Japanese Knotweed is a large plant that…

Invasion of the alien knotweed! Despairing family can’t sell home – because of monster next door that grows eight inches a day, damages foundations and grows through brickwork Japanese knotweed has shattered dreams of Nasreen and Sajid Akhtar who can not sell Birmingham home Nextdoor neighbour’s knotweed threatens their home’s foundations and is notoriously expensive…

The controlled release of insects which feed on Japanese knotweed is being stepped up at locations across south Wales. Thousands of the bugs were released at six undisclosed sites last month with more over the summer with the aim of establishing a permanent population. Scientists hope the insects, brought from Japan, will stunt the super…

THE GAA is facing legal action over Japanese knotweed at Casement Park. A resident is pursuing a case over concerns that knotweed growing in the west Belfast sports ground is spreading onto their property. Japanese knotweed is considered one of the most damaging invasive plant species, affecting buildings and blocking drains. Banks can refuse to…

The forest of brushwood and crumpled canes on either side of the railway track behind Robin Waistell’s bungalow in Maesteg, Bridgend, doesn’t appear particularly menacing. But don’t be fooled. It is winter, and the beast is dormant. Underground, a 10ft-deep root system is springing into life; in a month or so, reddish shoots will begin…