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The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the
government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O Don |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:06:14 +0000, Donwill
gently dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy: Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O Don Suggest you go and read the the BBc news web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm The insects will not erradicate the weed, only stunt it and control it somewhat: as in Japan. Perhaps you misheard, or Radio 4 passed inaccurate burbage .. not for the first time. Mike P the 1st |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
In message , Donwill
writes Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O Don Let's hope it confines itself to the target weed. All too often these introduced species prove uncontrollable and damage other "hosts". -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
On 09/03/2010 09:21, Gopher wrote:
In message , Donwill writes Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O Don Let's hope it confines itself to the target weed. All too often these introduced species prove uncontrollable and damage other "hosts". They will have to introduce something else then to target the insect ... and then introduce... -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
Gopher wrote:
In message , Donwill writes Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O Don Let's hope it confines itself to the target weed. All too often these introduced species prove uncontrollable and damage other "hosts". This one does seem to be very specific to Japanese knotweed. It remains to be seen if this one parasite can do the job on its own. Regards, Martin Brown |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
Mike P the 1st wrote:
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:06:14 +0000, Donwill gently dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy: Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O Don Suggest you go and read the the BBc news web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm The insects will not erradicate the weed, only stunt it and control it somewhat: as in Japan. Perhaps you misheard, or Radio 4 passed inaccurate burbage .. not for the first time. Mike P the 1st Or maybe just "frighten" it :-) , yes, I probably used the wrong word. For "eradicate" read :- control, keep in check, influence, moderate, stunt. Take your choice. BTW to be equally pedantic there is only one R in eradicate :-) . Cheers Don |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 Mike P the 1st wrote:
Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O Suggest you go and read the the BBc news web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm The insects will not erradicate the weed, only stunt it and control it somewhat: as in Japan. Perhaps you misheard, or Radio 4 passed inaccurate burbage .. not for the first time. It was on the television breakfast programme as well. Yes, they did give the impression in the intro that the weed was soon to be a thing of the past but in the detailed report it was apparent what it would actually do. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://rance.org.uk |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
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Donwill wrote: Mike P the 1st wrote: Heard on radio4 this morning that some research workers working for the government, have introduced an insect that feeds on JK to two secret sites in the UK, apparently this insect will spread and will eradicate JK in the UK. =-O The insects will not erradicate the weed, only stunt it and control it somewhat: as in Japan. Perhaps you misheard, or Radio 4 passed inaccurate burbage .. not for the first time. Or maybe just "frighten" it :-) , yes, I probably used the wrong word. For "eradicate" read :- control, keep in check, influence, moderate, stunt. Take your choice. Which is all that is needed in the UK. Despite the gibbering, even Japanese knotweed isn't a ubiquitous ecological problem, because our ecology is so robust against introductions. BTW to be equally pedantic there is only one R in eradicate :-) . The other one is eroneous and needs erradication :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
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The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
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Mike P the 1st wrote: Suggest you go and read the the BBc news web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm Oh, God! "..., including plants closely related to Japanese knotweed such as bindweeds, ...." Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:58:18 +0000, Martin Brown
gently dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy: wrote: In article , Mike P the 1st wrote: Suggest you go and read the the BBc news web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm Oh, God! "..., including plants closely related to Japanese knotweed such as bindweeds, ...." Removing the vigour from bindweed would not be such a bad thing. I doubt if any pest could take that stuff down. I suspect the thing will be less effective against the knotweed than is hoped too. There are multiple parasites and fungi that affect the stuff in its native habitat, but most are too cold sensitive to live here. We have to hope the thing doesn't do a cane toad on us. Regards, Martin Brown I agree .. they would not be half as much fun flattening them as they cross the road :-) Mike P the 1st |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
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writes In article , Mike P the 1st wrote: Suggest you go and read the the BBc news web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm Oh, God! "..., including plants closely related to Japanese knotweed such as bindweeds, ...." They presumably mean black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) and copse bindweed (Fallopia dumetorum). Regards, Nick Maclaren. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
The end of Japanese Knotweed ( JK)??
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:24:36 +0000, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-03-09 09:51:48 +0000, said: In article , Mike P the 1st wrote: Suggest you go and read the the BBc news web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm Oh, God! "..., including plants closely related to Japanese knotweed such as bindweeds, ...." Regards, Nick Maclaren. You mean "there goes the Ipomoea"? Sweet and Lovely, the Girl from Ipomoea? -- (¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯) |
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