brightspark
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yes verry thats what ive been using
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and the price is rightPigeon_Droppings2
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I used resolva express on my weed infestation (b&q)...worked very well but required a couple applications...let them dye off...then I worked the roots out.
Ivy is awful stuff...just requires a lot of patience....have to keep attacking it until the root energy is exhausted
Ivy is awful stuff...just requires a lot of patience....have to keep attacking it until the root energy is exhausted
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What's the mix ratio?
brightspark
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it works quite well on general weeds but no use on brambles big patches of nettles dockings and thistlesJust looked it up. You could just have said white vinegar, @Gragson.
Vinegar will burn/kill the leaf, but will leave the root healthy. Hopefully the salt will do its job on the root.
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mares tail wont it grows through tarmac
yes it will, but will get you into serious dodo if you get caught, i was told it basically sterilises the soil and breaks most of the anti pollution laws
This is the thing, I don't really care if it only burns off the tops which it did pretty amazingly, as new ones will be back next year or sooner, it's just a maintenance thing for me on paths and driveway and at a quid a ltr I'm more than happy to keep respraying the easy stuff and grabbing out the hard stuff which is a small %.Just looked it up. You could just have said white vinegar, @Gragson.
Vinegar will burn/kill the leaf, but will leave the root healthy. Hopefully the salt will do its job on the root.
Yep just white vinegar
wouldn't stick it on fish and chips
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That's the one.
I'm comfortable with the risk.yes it will, but will get you into serious dodo if you get caught, i was told it basically sterilises the soil and breaks most of the anti pollution laws
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I sprayed some fairly concentrated salt solution (saturated then dilute by 2) on patio weeds last week; did nothing.
Roundup and the other glycophosphate products seems to be pretty nuclear to me.
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Ammonium Sulphamate.
Just as nuclear as Glyphosate but not created in Frankensteins lab
Systemic too.
Probably cheaper. Bought some off the bay, need to find time to apply it on the cobbles so the postie isn't attacked by triphids on the way to the post box. Then I can use the roofing torch to keep it that way.
Just as nuclear as Glyphosate but not created in Frankensteins lab
Systemic too.Probably cheaper. Bought some off the bay, need to find time to apply it on the cobbles so the postie isn't attacked by triphids on the way to the post box. Then I can use the roofing torch to keep it that way.
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anyone get mares tails ?
i hit em with ammonium suulphamate and yes they die almost overnight , but it doesnt seem to get down the roots and another will pop up next to it , ive been keen to spray them asap for at the last 5 years and they come back just as much
is there something that gets down the root and will eventually slow/stop it
i hit em with ammonium suulphamate and yes they die almost overnight , but it doesnt seem to get down the roots and another will pop up next to it , ive been keen to spray them asap for at the last 5 years and they come back just as much
is there something that gets down the root and will eventually slow/stop it
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Easiest, quickest ,cheapest, most effective way is to cut everything back and burn it, then just spot spray off the regen as and when it pops up. Another effective way is to lay/stake down a thick black polythene tarp over the area whiich will suppress/kill off weeds, you can replant through it if you want and remove it spray off unwanted regen at a later date.
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If you keep at it everything becomes manageable eventually.
It will take a few weeks to get under control...but most of that time is waiting for stuff to work.
It will take a few weeks to get under control...but most of that time is waiting for stuff to work.
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It will. It's merely slow to work.
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Lather it on neat.
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Glyphosate was originally invented as a sprayer cleaner by one of the big boy chemical companies it wasn't designed to be nuclear in any way and its Weedkiller properties were only discovered while safety testing. It can be a pain to use as it does a pretty good job of cleaning out the spray tank, filters and spray lines the only thing is the crud it's picked up can choke the nozzles.
As a Weedkiller it works by being absorbed through the leaves of the plant and transported down to the roots which can take 10-14 days. Mixing it with a chemical that burns the leaves off in 24 hrs is mostly a waste for this reason. Also most of the waxy leaved plants mentioned above are not great at absorbing glyphosate so adding in something that will temporarily de wax the leaf helps greatly and some have been mentioned. Or especially with mares tails bruising the plant first helps with absorbing.
Again check the amount of active ingredient in the supermarket tins because some of their mixes are pretty weak and what keeps a path clear might have no strength against waxy plants.
