What is a Weed? Know Your Enemy
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Carrie Wykeham
Ms Wykeham is an author and publisher who works for Japanese Knotweed Solutions Limited, (<a href="http://www.jksl.com" title="http://www.jksl.com" target="_blank">http://www.jksl.com</a>), who are the leading UK experts in the eradication of japanese knotweed. This fast growing weed is considered to be one of the most incursive and difficult to eradicate of all weeds.
By Carrie Wykeham
Published on 09/5/2008
A weed is not a specific type of plant, it is simply an unwanted plant or a plant that is growing where it is not wanted Once upon a time, this weed was a wanted plant and may have been introduced to the locality for a particular use – to look pretty, to be used in cooking or for culinary purposes