22nd May 2010, 04:04 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:...The latest 'weapon' in the war against knotweed is actually an aphid that keeps knotweed in check by sap-sucking.....so maybe 2m remediation could be a thing of the past and insects could protect the past.....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthne...tweed.html
On a more general point what ever happened to BAJRites researching a little before posting......
FYI The wee Japanese has only been issued a licence for a 'limited trial', with no guarantee it'll pass (it'll probably find something tastier to eat anyway out in the British countryside) - that could take years, in the meantime the uncontrolled trashing of the universe will continue - we've just been doing a job where knotweed came higher up the constraint-tree than the archaeology, we just got to dig what was left after the 'contaminated ground' had been removed......(ie not much)...:0