The War on Weeds - with Water?!
occasions, with limited success before
opting for Cardley’s hot water solution.
Professional gardeners need not to worry
about damaging surrounding areas:
“The hot water system can be applied
accurately and the heat penetrates the
root of the weed, killing it in a way that
has no negative impact on our water,
environment, staff or wildlife.” – Tom
Clare, Reserve Manager, WWT Martin Mere.
Not only this, but using 100% hot water
poses no restrictions in and around
public areas and requires no protective
clothing or specialist licenses, allowing
for community involvement and reduced
downtime – a must for those facing rising
budget cuts.
Until a couple of years ago, the thought
of watering weeds would be viewed with
raised eyebrows. However watering weeds
with boiling water is the latest organic
approach to weed killing without using
any chemicals.
Cardley are the UK and Ireland’s most
established herbicide-free weed control
providers on the market; offering effective,
efficient and ecological weed control in
a range of weed killing machines using
100% hot water.
Heating the water to an optimum
temperature of 98° ensures the cellular
structure of the plant is destroyed by
thermal energy at low pressure. Weeds
are becoming more resistant to traditional
herbicides such as glyphosate, which is
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why there is a need to consider a more
modern and sustainable approach to
tackling those troublesome weeds.
An increasing amount of industry
professionals are opting for a more
organic method of weed control, due
to the ongoing uncertainty of chemical
weed killers with glyphosate being the
latest chemical to expire from the market
by December 2017 unless if it granted a
license extension.
Environmentally friendly weed control is
nothing new, but getting right technology
to be effective and efficient is, with
imitation hot steam machines often
failing to get to the root of the problem.
Likewise, WWT Martin Mere trialled a hot
foam weed control machine on several
Increased revenue is now obtainable
with just one machine, due to Cardley’s
machines having the capability to be
used for high pressure cleaning of paved
areas, street furniture and signs, as well as,
chewing gum and some graffiti removal,
just by a change of the lance.
“We are also benefiting from the machine
being dual purpose so we are able to
power wash at the same time as we
have been weeding. That is reducing
time by not having to revisit the area.”
– William Spence, Executive Manager –
Environmental Services, Shetland Islands
Council.
Try something new this weed killing
season!
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