The bloke who has the allotment next to mine has a massive infestation of the stuff. He has been digging about three foot down on all his beds and sieving the soil to try to eradicate it on his plot.
I have it encroaching on my allotment where it adjoins his. I have kept it at bay by pulling every shoot up as it appears. Then putting them in a bin until it dies off, to be burned later.
He has demolished my fence and put a new one up. He has given me an extra 18 " of land in doing so. I am not happy as I now have all this extra land which is badly infested with Marestail.
I used to put glass along the bottom of my fence to try to stop his weeds. Now he will not let me put anything up against his new fence. Saying it will rot it.
On top of all that, I have used his allotment path to gain entry to my allotment for over 16 years. It saves me walking around to the main entrance as I only live across the road. When he put up the new fence, he blocked the entry spot. I had been told by others that he was going to do this and not a word from him.
I am not a happy tennant!