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Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The Legend Of The Chinese Zodiac

In legend the Chinese zodiac consisted of twelve animals called by Buddha during his death rite. Buddha invited all of the animal kingdom, but only twelve of the animals arrived to wish Buddha a peaceful death. Buddha recognized the twelve as the ones to denote the Chinese zodiac. The twelve were challenged to run across [...]

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Herbicides Against Japanese Knotweed

One of the most effective herbicide active ingredients for Japanese knotweed control is actually called glyphosate.
It is really effective in Japanese knotweed control because it disrupts the biochemical pathways of the plant for making plant proteins that are essential for the invasive weed to live and grow. The herbicide soaks through the Japanese knotweed [...]

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Japanese Knotweed Control by Insects

Recent publications are claiming that Japanese Knotweed Control methods have now incorporated tiny insects that could actually be very helpful in the every day’s battle against the invasive weed. The introduction of these insects to destroy and therefore aid Japanese knotweed eradication will cause controversy but experts are insisting that the introduction of these [...]