SPRAYERS & SPRAYING
The process works to reduce total
weed growth in an area by not only
killing the weed, but also sterilising
surrounding seeds and spores. It can
be used on all surfaces, hard, soft,
porous artificial and historical. It’s safe
and hazard-free for the operator and
safe for use around people, animals,
delicate ecosystems and waterways.
Spray chemical weedkillers in even a
light breeze and you risk over spraying
and resultant off-target damage.
Foamstream is a process many UK local
authorities, greenspace contractors
and municipalities around the world
are using daily. It is, in fact, the leading
herbicide-free alternative for weed,
moss and algae control. Those in
the know will be aware the process
was developed to help organisations
navigate the change to reduce or
remove herbicides from their weed
control programmes, and they have
been seeing the benefits for a number
of years. Notably, these include the
London Boroughs of Hammersmith
and Fulham, Southwark and
Bromley, Glastonbury, the Vale of
Glamorgan and Lewes, together with
contractors such as idverde and
Burleys, and utility companies like
Thames Water, South West Water
and Welsh Water. For anyone not
familiar with Foamstream, it is a
proven method now used extensively
across four continents. To put it
simply, Foamstream works by cooking
the weeds it covers. The foam and
hot water solution is a 99.5% water
and 0.5% foam blend of natural plant
oils and sugars which insulate the hot
water, allowing effective heat transfer
from leaf to root, killing the plant and
stopping heat being wasted to the
atmosphere.
Quite apart from being a naturally
environmentally friendly method
of treatment, there are many other
associated benefits. Foamstream
can be used in all weathers, which is
favourable among contractors and
municipalities needing to plan their
labour force effectively and minimise
downtime which, with other methods,
may occur as a result of undesirable
weather.
“
“I’ve never been told I can’t
use it – I’ve always been
allowed to use it wherever
I want because of what
it does and its nonchemical
environmentally
friendly credentials.”
Says Jason Tomlin,
GroundskeepingJournal.co.uk | Summer 2020
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