By Glips27
Hi. I have a plant growing through my wall in my front room(I have concreat floors) and also by my front door(which is a double concreat step) I have been looking to see if it Japanese knotweed but am not sure as it don't look like bamboo. Can bindweed come through concreat.
9 Oct, 2013
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First things first, do you have Japanese knotweed growing nearby? if so then it may be the problem and can push up through old cracked concrete, if it were bindweed it would be scrambling all over the place, is the weed you have, got thick hollow like stems ? if so then it could be j,knotweed, and needs to be dealt with asap, i think nowadays you have to phone the council, your not allowed to bin it or take it to your waste centre, as it is very easy to propagate from most parts of the plant.
9 Oct, 2013
Firstly, the leaves of Japanese Knotweed doesn't look anything like bamboo leaves and I don't know if bindweed can come through concrete, but if you have a weed coming through your house wall then you have a serious problem whatever it is and it needs to be addressed straight away.
A photo would be helpful in identifying the plant, but whatever it is I should think the treatment would be the same to get rid of it.
9 Oct, 2013
Goodness - one of our clematis manages to get inside the potting shed every so often but a plant going through a concrete wall into a room in your house - that needs dealing with in a serious manner. If you are a tenant get on to your landlord otherwise you need to remove the plant, whatever it is, and get someone to take a look at the building's structure.
9 Oct, 2013
A few years ago, a friend of mine had romneya coulteri growing in his living room from a plant near the house
9 Oct, 2013
Have seen this happening with Buddliea in a few occasions when we were working on some houses in Cardiff.
9 Oct, 2013
You say the plant is growing through the wall, so the concrete floor and steps are irrelevant. What is the wall made from? Brick - could be gaps in a 4" wall due to poor pointing. Steel or Timber frame - gaps caused by loose cladding. Is the plant getting in through a gap in a window frame or door frame? When my neighbour used to have an ivy on the bit of wall between our front doors it was forever coming in to my house through the tiny gap between the door and frame.
There are plenty of scrambling plants that will take advantage of a crack simply because there is nothing in the way.
9 Oct, 2013
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