Communial alley upkeep

Hi, im after some sage like advice. After living in my terrace for the past 14 months, i decided to clear the rear alley way. This is a communial path providing rear access to four houses. As this is communial, its up to the residents to maintain, not the council , however im the only resident who wants to use the alley. I wanted to gain access to the rear of my property for a new shed and bike access etc...
The alley's about 20 meters long by 1.5 wide. The floor is topsoil over some hardcore. The alley was heavly overgrown with brambles and flipping Japenese Knotweed. Have hacked and slashed the triffids backand dug up the roots of the Knotweed 'some hope'. I would like advice on how to best keep the weeds to a minimum, as i dont fancy fighting my way through every couple of months. All advice gratfully received thanx LG.

 

Hi there Ig280...Knotweed?...Blimey,that's not good!
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/103599/japanese_knotweed__899760.do

 

To kill knot weed you need profeshional herbicide, the domestic stuff or other methods simply doesnt work. Ill look in my store and find what I use and post some details up for you.

(havent treated knotweed for ages so cant remember)

If the acsess is council owned then THEY are LEGALLY OBLIGED to treat it as it is a notifiable weed.

 

Pal. You got that right? I am just getting a page error.

 

Me too now John?? In fact after I left the site I find I can't google now...what's happened?

 

Ive checked, Ive used both timbrel and also Round up biactive with a adjuvant oil. To be honest both are expensive and not publicly available so you need to a profeshional firm or you risk wasteing very expensive chemicals assuming you can get suplied.

 

Thanks for the links all, a big help. Ill give my council a buzz see if they'll have a soloution. Only problem is its on private/communial land. Didnt realise what a ****** it was.

 

Hi lg280 I agree with the guys Knotweed is really bad news more so than any other weed, my sister-in-law had(?) some at the back of her garage but lucky for her it's a council house so they had to deal with the problem.

The council had to fence off the area as the chemicals they used to treat the knotweed are highly toxic.... well it has to be doesn't it to kill the stuff as even a very tiny bit left in the soil can grow like crazy!

The guys have come and treated the site three or four times over these last 18 months or so and hope now that the site is clear of the horrible thing...only time will tell if the knotweed has gone for sure.

I hope you are able to get some help as treating the site is very expensive.Hel.xxx.