Kill everything forever weedkiller
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We have grass and weeds coming up through our gravel driveway. Which looks quite untidy.
Now I know many folk will say lift the gravel and put down weed fabric but this isn't really an option. We got in twenty tons of gravel and it covered about a third of the drive. So weed control fabric really isn't a viable option.
So what could we out down to kill the weeds for a very long time.
Add in the fact we have dogs and I don't know what we could use.
Now I know many folk will say lift the gravel and put down weed fabric but this isn't really an option. We got in twenty tons of gravel and it covered about a third of the drive. So weed control fabric really isn't a viable option.
So what could we out down to kill the weeds for a very long time.
Add in the fact we have dogs and I don't know what we could use.
Definitely not a thin spraying of petrol. That would be very much frowned upon by the Environment Agency if they found out.
At a pinch, a reasonably strong saline solution might kill the current weeds, and prevent them for a while. Might leach beyond the drive itself though.
Failing that, weed the damned thing.
At a pinch, a reasonably strong saline solution might kill the current weeds, and prevent them for a while. Might leach beyond the drive itself though.
Failing that, weed the damned thing.
Do you know anyone connected with railway track maintenance?
I bought my first house from a chap whose brother worked on the track gangs. Part of the back garden was a 45 degree slope that had been covered in brambles, buddleia, etc. They cleared it up before putting it on the market; I only heard what they did after I'd bought the place - not that I was bothered as, being a young lad, the last thing I was intereseted in was gardening.
Apparently his brother brought home some track weed killer and they applied that - but they used it neat!
It was some 4 years before stuff started to properly grow back and encroach on the cleared patch of earth.
Hate to think what was in the soil; I eventually terraced it and laid ground cover material and gravel so there's probably still nothing growing there.
I bought my first house from a chap whose brother worked on the track gangs. Part of the back garden was a 45 degree slope that had been covered in brambles, buddleia, etc. They cleared it up before putting it on the market; I only heard what they did after I'd bought the place - not that I was bothered as, being a young lad, the last thing I was intereseted in was gardening.
Apparently his brother brought home some track weed killer and they applied that - but they used it neat!
It was some 4 years before stuff started to properly grow back and encroach on the cleared patch of earth. Hate to think what was in the soil; I eventually terraced it and laid ground cover material and gravel so there's probably still nothing growing there.
It's a nightmare - i had a seriously long gravel drive that was the same. Tried lots of weedkillers that you can get from DIY stores etc but nothing really worked for long. Then a friend who owns a pheasant farm came along with some dodgy looking stuff in a big sprayer and that worked well for a while. The thing is that whatever you use it needs doing again and again. Like you mentioned, redoing the drive with a membrane etc is really the only cure but too big a job. In the end I found that painstakingly pulling them up was the best method.
Steve_W said:
Do you know anyone connected with railway track maintenance?
I bought my first house from a chap whose brother worked on the track gangs. Part of the back garden was a 45 degree slope that had been covered in brambles, buddleia, etc. They cleared it up before putting it on the market; I only heard what they did after I'd bought the place - not that I was bothered as, being a young lad, the last thing I was intereseted in was gardening.
Apparently his brother brought home some track weed killer and they applied that - but they used it neat! It was some 4 years before stuff started to properly grow back and encroach on the cleared patch of earth.
Hate to think what was in the soil; I eventually terraced it and laid ground cover material and gravel so there's probably still nothing growing there.
Ha, that is good stuff, but sadly banned now. We used to sling it everywhere on the track about 9yrs ago as a trainee we would fill a bucket and go spreading it about by hand :-O I bought my first house from a chap whose brother worked on the track gangs. Part of the back garden was a 45 degree slope that had been covered in brambles, buddleia, etc. They cleared it up before putting it on the market; I only heard what they did after I'd bought the place - not that I was bothered as, being a young lad, the last thing I was intereseted in was gardening.
Apparently his brother brought home some track weed killer and they applied that - but they used it neat!
It was some 4 years before stuff started to properly grow back and encroach on the cleared patch of earth. Hate to think what was in the soil; I eventually terraced it and laid ground cover material and gravel so there's probably still nothing growing there.
It used to activate when wet i.e rain, we gave some to a signaler once as he wanted to clear up a border at the bottom of his garden, after chucking it about it didn't do anything so he kept putting more and more down and then it rained, it killed his entire hedge row and 3/4 of his grass.
There are still some places that have not been treated since about 8yrs ago and they are still clear
RedLeicester said:
Pathclear or Roundup, then flame gun if you can't be bothered to pick up the bits. The latter at least is safe for children / animals as soon as it's dry.
Pathclear is total residual, which the OP wants. However Roundup (glyphosate) is total NON-residual, so new weeds will soon grow. Roundup is designed for areas that you want to grow plants in after clearing.RedLeicester said:
thinfourth2 said:
RedLeicester said:
Pathclear or Roundup, .
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