Weed Killer......which is best? has anyone tried white vinegar ?

[Dave7]

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This is my five burner flame weeder.. I use it post sowing, pre-emergent on direct seeded crops.. I carry the gas bottle in the backpack.

It wilts seedling weeds in one pass, then they die..

Are you busy this Saturday ?

 

[Dave7]

Just use woodchip to stop the weeds.

All over my gravel beds?? That would work

 

[screenman]

We used to use salt which worked very well, a local farmer gave us some Round-up and that is used now. We have 80yards x 6yards of gravel driveway, but very few weeds.

 

[mudsticks]

Are you busy this Saturday ?

Very

 

[Dave7]

We used to use salt which worked very well, a local farmer gave us some Round-up and that is used now. We have 80yards x 6yards of gravel driveway, but very few weeds.

Is that just the same as I would buy in B&Q or a commercial grade ?

 

[Dave7]

Very

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Well, at a push I could wait till Monday

 

[Broadside]

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The white vinegar is an interesting idea. Or if it's on gravel, where you're not expecting anything to grow, at all maybe use salt..
Or even both for the full, fish n chip effect

I’ve just started using salt on a gravel area and also on block paving. I prefer the idea of it to a manufactured chemical option. I use a 25p 1kg bag from Morrisons which is enough for about 10 sq metres. I also add a bit of fairy liquid to make it stick to the weeds a bit long so they absorb it rather than the liquid just running off. The results seem pretty good so far, the weeds die off in about 5-10 days.

 

[screenman]

Is that just the same as I would buy in B&Q or a commercial grade ?

The same I guess, I just used to buy a 25kg sack from a local salt supplier.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

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Strangely enough, today I went to a local machinery auction, looking for various things, one of which was a paraffin flame gun. On the basis that you can't have too many flame guns, I now own two! Can't wait to fire them up.

 

[classic33]

Sorry this just reminded me of when I was perhaps 13 or 14. One of my jobs for my Uncle was to spray his driveway and other parts surrounding sheds and buildings etc. I used a big napsack sprayer filled with roundup. It was an old sprayer so used to leak a lot, all done my back. I also never wore any PPE. I wish I had now after reading everything about glyphosphate

Gramoxone 100, in Ireland.
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[Dave7]

The same I guess, I just used to buy a 25kg sack from a local salt supplier.

Sorry no, I meant the roundup

 

[slowmotion]

I used Roundup on a Russian vine that was spreading from two gardens away. It had a devastating ( and deeply satisfying ) effect.

 

[mudsticks]

Well, at a push I could wait till Monday

I think I may have a Monday free...
In early November

 

[classic33]

Sorry no, I meant the roundup

Usually it isn't the same strength as is available to the industry.

 

[screenman]

Sorry no, I meant the roundup

I feel the farmers Round-up may be slightly more effective than the retail Round-up, I could be wrong of course.