The Removal and Treatment of Blanketweed
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The Dept of the Environment have effectively banned all chemical treatments to kill Blanket Weed. Some proprietary brands are still sold in Europe but the favoured method of Blanket Weed control is the use of “natural” methods.
The simplest of these “natural” treatments is to stock the pond with plants and animals that actively consume blanket weed or compete for the same food. This would establish a natural equilibrium in the pond but in practice would limit the number of fauna and flora making the pond less of an ornamental feature.
Other non chemical removal methods include the aggressive use of metallic ions such as copper which if not dosed correctly can kill fish and plants. Still other natural methods using barley straw have varied results but in many cases the Blanket Weed will develop an immunity and often re-appears with a vengeance and does not respond any more to this type of treatment.
 
OUR PROVEN TREATMENT
We have been treating Blanket Weed in ponds and lakes for 12 years with excellent results. We now advocate a combination of our Weedbuster and Green Lightning treatments.
The use of a Weedbuster on it’s own can remove Blanket Weed but because of the way these units work the weed will go through a short growth spurt before eventually dying off. This period of over metabolising can be unsightly and many people cannot wait for the weed to eventually die back.
The use of the Green Lightning products either PLUS or INSTANT on their own will remove the Blanket Weed but you will need to keep adding these products at regular intervals to keep the weed under control.
THE TWO PRONGED ATTACK
By using a COMBINATION of both Green Lightning and Weedbuster the weed is firstly weakened by the Green Lightning which contains dried bacteria designed to eat the same food as Blanket Weed (and the other weeds listed here) and is then urged to grow to destruction by the Weedbuster at which point it simply gives up and dies.
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