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01-07-2008, 08:58 AM
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| | | Giant Hogweed
I was on a working party down our river last night with 6 other members my job was to clear the giant hogweed plants before the strimmer came through to clear a footpath. In places they were forming groups like small stands of trees. The largest ones were probablyy 5 to 6m tall with stems around 100mm diameter, Just how big do these babies get? It was like felling trees. 
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01-07-2008, 09:07 AM
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| | | Re: Giant Hogweed
Yours sound about the top end of the range, they can reach 7 metres in height though. |
01-07-2008, 01:25 PM
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| | | Re: Giant Hogweed
They do damage to your skin in the hot weather 
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01-07-2008, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by mrs fish  They do damage to your skin in the hot weather | Yes , some info here Giant Hogweed Burns - Heracleum mantegazzianum
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01-07-2008, 06:01 PM
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| | | Re: Giant Hogweed
They are dangerous, we had an incident in the papers up here a couple of years ago of some boys who were using the stems as pea shooters ending up in hospital with severe burns to their mouths.
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01-07-2008, 06:03 PM
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| | | Re: Giant Hogweed
They are spectacular looking plants but invasive. I have plenty near me, though the council do spray a proportion of them each year. |
01-07-2008, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 They are spectacular looking plants but invasive. I have plenty near me, though the council do spray a proportion of them each year. | Spray, now why didn't someone on coasty's working party think of that.....  |
01-07-2008, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by djackso Spray, now why didn't someone on coasty's working party think of that..... | because our gorgeous river runs through a SSSI and the hogweed are mixed through all the other bankside vegetation.... Quote: |
They are dangerous, we had an incident in the papers up here a couple of years ago of some boys who were using the stems as pea shooters ending up in hospital with severe burns to their mouths.
| I am aware of all the health and safety issues Thanks
Was just amazed how big these mothers were
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01-07-2008, 08:52 PM
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| | | Re: Giant Hogweed
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Originally Posted by coasty because our gorgeous river runs through a SSSI and the hogweed are mixed through all the other bankside vegetation.... | it is possible to weed wipe them which is arguably more effective than chopping them down but you need a herbicide which is certified for use near water courses (glyphosate isnt anymore)
we normally just clobber them with a flail mower - the top deck contains any splashing sap and protects the operator - also if you hit them early in the season they dont regrow as big.
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