I have just returned back home and as per usual the block paved drive is covered in weeds of a dozen varieties. Also the overspill has gone into the rose bed as well. I wouldn't say that I have a million weeds but it certainly looks like it.
I know that weed killers are not as strong as they once were and I don't fancy removing each weed individually, so can anyone suggest a really lethal weed killer or what about a flame gun type of thing ?
All suggestions welcome.
Roundup.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
A friend told me that whilst it used to be strong, it's like pouring a cup of tea over it now a days.
Have you used some recently ?
I've used weedol and resolva recently and killed nettles and blackberry with them.
They've laid waste to an incredibly overgrown garden with ease, i struggle to see how much stronger they could need to be.
Perhaps if you just gave each weed a light spray they might survive but used generously they work perfectly well.
Before it gets banned, go on line and get a gallon of full strength Glyphosate and make it up really strong. I put about an inch of the glysophate in the bottom of a 1l spray bottle and then fill up with water. Spray. Wait 2 weeks and should be dead. Repeat regularly. I have a permanent spray bottle made up and easy to hand so if I'm in the drive or garden with a few mins spare (e.g. waiting for SWMBO to stop mucking about and come to the car if we're going out) I'll grab the spray and spend a couple of mins going round. If you keep at it then you only have to do this every couple of weeks.
Use it regularly. No complaints, kills weeds.Originally Posted by Mick P
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Roundup works perfectly well on my patio weeds, and my neighbours’ Virginia Creeper that they planted directly below my Sky dish.
Cover up with gloves etc. if you are using it.
I use Nuedorff from Amazon, amazing stuff, weeds turn brown and die off in hours rather than days. Forget Roundup, Weedol etc. they are too weak these days.
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Clinic up 360g/l glyphosphate......nuclear strength.
20 to 30 ml per litre should kill just about anything.
Yes that's the stuff. £30 from ebay for a gallon.
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Quite.
It's not great for bees either:
https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/e...on-honey-bees/
Weeds 'wild flowers growing in the wrong place'.
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Yes , Gallup 360 is all you will ever need if you want a super strength killer , I spray the paths and driveway in spring and it lasts the summer , zero weeds . Use in an accurate sprayer as you don’t want this stuff going on anything else. This does stop the need for repeated applications like the usual well known ones.
Not sure if they still sell it but Wilko used to do an own brand Glyphosate (the active ingredient in Round up, as far as I recall) concentrate which you can dilute to whatever strength. If you use a pump spray thing, you don’t need to use much. Don’t like using too many chemicals but it really gets the job done.
There's a lot of misconception about how glyphosate based weedkillers work. Glyphosate needs to be taken down to the roots to kill the weed & for that to happen the weeds need to be growing & not killed off quickly. Using a higher concentration (in a domestic environment) won't do the job any better & may be worse - the foliage dies off too quickly to get the weedkiller to the roots. Nor will glyphosate stop weeds reseeding as it gets inactivated on contact with the soil.
There are very few weedkillers availble on the domestic market (Monsanto & the EU have seen to that) but that doesn't mean the chemical isn't still for sale, it's just not allowed to be described as a weedkiller. One popular one is Ammonium Sulphamate which used to be available from Amazon but seems to be out of stock. You can still get it on ebay though:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/items/?_n...ium+sulphamate
Amazon reviews here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lancelot-Am...ews/B004MMTVJI
This ^^^^
I use roundup pro vantage at work and if you put something like pistol or chikara in with it it will stop the weeds coming back for a while depending on what they are
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Many thanks for the replies, much appreciated.
I think I will give the glyphosphate a miss, it seems overtly brutal and I would rather have weeds than no bees.
I will give the Roundup a go and give it a second dose a week afterwards and repeat until the damn weeds are deceased.
I'm pretty sure the active ingredient in roundup is glyphosate. I've also bought the weedkiller from Aldi and Lidl which also use glyphosate as their main ingredient. Does the job and is cheaper.
Roundup = Glyphosate
No idea what Glyphosphate is....
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Try not to use Roundup it is glysophate with a pretty name. It will kill pollinators and yourself it has been tied to cancer in humans. Boiling hot water and string trimmers work just as good and don't cause cancer.
Please think twice before using herbicides and pesticides!
I used my strimmer on the path this year - it did quite a good job of getting into the cracks and I actually found it less of a slog (and much healthier) than the usual pump and spray. And the results are instant.
Yep Roundup.Use sparingly .It kills the grass around the weed too if You overdo it on a lawn.
Ahh, all good then.
Can I spice up my food with it, too?
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Not sure about that one. I'd say probably not but I'd be interested in your findings ;-)
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