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Friday, 06 May 2016 09:20

MINIMISING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CHEMICAL TREATMENT

MINIMISING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CHEMICAL TREATMENT

Here at Japanese Knotweed Solutions (JKSL) we take our responsibility for the environment seriously. Clients often ask what steps we take to reduce environmental impacts during our spray operations, so I’d like to take the opportunity to share the steps we take to ensure that environmental impacts are kept to a minimum.

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Friday, 06 May 2016 09:07

ROOT BARRIERS

ROOT BARRIERS

When managing invasive weeds, Japanese Knotweed Solutions Limited (JKSL) install root barriers in a number of situations. These barriers are most commonly used when excavating and removing Japanese knotweed, but have a variety of applications.

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Tuesday, 22 March 2016 13:07

ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORT

ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORT

The second INNSA Conference was held on 15th March in Derby and brought together over 100 representatives from all areas of the industry.

The day started with a welcome from the Chairman, Mike Clough, and was hosted by steering group member, Nick Hartley.

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Thursday, 10 March 2016 13:12

CHAIRMAN’S UPDATE – WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?

People often say to me… ‘Why has Japanese knotweed suddenly become such big news?’… ‘it’s been around since 1840, why is it only just beginning to register as an issue?’…

Well – there is actually a technical reason for this…. invasive non-native species go through a series of… ‘phases’… as they settle into a new environment.

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Thursday, 10 March 2016 10:29

HOW MANY TREATMENTS?

HOW MANY TREATMENTS?

We have yet again been amazed by a telephone call received this week in our office, when I thought we had heard it all, we could not believe our ears overhearing one of our Surveyors explaining some facts about Japanese Knotweed and that it couldn’t be treated in just one treatment and that lifetime guarantees are not worth the paper they are written on!

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