Weedkiller

toby1 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Aug 2011 Karma :

Got a real problem with brambles / weeds of the bloody hard to kill variety.

Anyone got a recipe or know of a good propriety make that does the job?

Fed up of the pathclear / resolva type products that do bugger all.

doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

Glphosate usually sold as round up.
What you can get from a garden centre is very weak you might have to do them 2 or 3 times - but it is slow acting allow a good two weeks before they look obviously unwell.

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Thermite.

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Howling Terror · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

As with all things good there comes a risk.

Do not get it on your skin, do not inhale.

Roudup was once considered very safe. It isn't.

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MCN · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Karma :

There was a chap on t' radio 4 one afternoon discussing his interest in brambles. They normally thrive where a corpse has been lying or buried.

Did F. West ever visit your gaff?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5q2xGXDZv0S7hg3KQl11vNg/plant-detectives-how-bramble-and-co-can-help-solve-crimes

Glyphosphate is the thing.
But it might be too late in the season now. It works best on growing plants. (Systemic action)

Plus one on care. It is absorbed through leaves and skin. It will make you ill 🤮.

The garden centre stuff is a bit impotent so I use half the recommended amount of water in the dilution.
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panrider_uk · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Karma :

You can get commercial strength glyphosate from Amazon
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toby1 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Aug 2011 Karma :

Thanks for all the replies and info Very Happy

Rebel · Banned Joined: 23 Jan 2011 Karma :

A cheaper and equally effective solution is fag end weedkiller.

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/how-to-make-a-free-diy-weed-killer-from-someones-bad-habit/

thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

I dig the roots out with a mattock and burn them

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andyscooter · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 May 2009 Karma :

bleach washing up liquid and white vinigar

stinks but wife used it last week in front garden and no more weeds this week
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Hong Kong Phooey · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Apr 2016 Karma :

Enough salt will kill almost anything, but good luck ever growing on that land again.

White vinegar works on some plants. You need to use quite a bit though.
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Kawasaki Jimbo · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Oct 2015 Karma :

I reluctantly resorted to Weedol on the tiny front lawn to eliminate dandelions and plantain; basically any so-called broad-leaved weed. Two applications and job done for twelve months so far. I believe it's a hormone which makes the weeds burn themselves out. In the back garden I've mainly hand-weeded, particularly the wild geranium, and tried to fill the bald patches with grass seed. I hadn't realised that there are different "lawn grasses," some of which are taller than the existing lawn mix. I've had to root out some of the new grass which was growing in tall tufts. I should think brambles will need digging out.