Steam vs. Knotweed – SoilSaver20 kills Knotweed allready on low temperature
Lindum, in collaboration with SoilSteam, has carried out an exciting trial to combat the highly invasive plant Bohemian Knotweed. Using SoilSteam’s SoilSaver 20 machine, soil masses containing knotweed rhizomes were treated with steam at 70 °C for 12–16 minutes.
The results are very promising:
- Control samples (without steam) produced up to 13 new shoots.
- The steam-treated samples showed no regrowth at all.
This demonstrates that steam can be an effective and environmentally friendly alternative to chemical control methods. The trial confirms that treatment at 70 °C is sufficient to prevent further spread of Knotweed, a plant notoriously difficult to eradicate.
The report concludes that steam treatment has significant potential as a tool in the fight against invasive alien species. For Lindum and SoilSteam, this marks an important step toward finding sustainable solutions for both nature and society.
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