Weeds

Wryel · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:02

Persistent little ******* aren't they? We have concrete slabs at the back of our house and no matter how many times we pour weedkiller they always come back! I was thinking of pouring sand down the gaps, does anyone else have any other tips?

fatiain · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:03

Roundup or other glyphosphate based weedkiller.

Or fire.

Meatball · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:03

http://www.roundup.com/

edit: Damn beaten to it

Zip · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:04

Sand wont work. They will just grow through it.

If you want to kill them for good, Pour Petrol over them once a day for about 2 weeks.
If they can survive that they deserve to live

Wryel · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:05

Zip said:
Sand wont work. They will just grow through it.

If you want to kill them for good, Pour Petrol over them once a day for about 2 weeks.
If they can survive that they deserve to live

Should I set fire to it every day too?

Zip · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:06

Wryel said:
Should I set fire to it every day too?

Nope it wont do anything then. Fire will burn the petrol up. The way the petrol works is the plants drink it and they die :cool:

Found out this by washing my hands with petrol over the lawn

Meatball · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:07

Zip said:
Nope it wont do anything then. Fire will burn the petrol up. The way the petrol works is the plants drink it and they die

Found out this by washing my hands with petrol over the lawn

you wash yourself in petrol :eek:

? Explain.

Zip · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:09

Meatball said:
you wash yourself in petrol ? Explain.

I had to get some Tar Based Water Proof Sealant stuff off my hands, it was on there pretty think and nothing would have got it off.

Petrol is a great cleaning agent and made it come of almost straight away :cool:

fatiain · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:10

Zip said:
Sand wont work. They will just grow through it.

If you want to kill them for good, Pour Petrol over them once a day for about 2 weeks.
If they can survive that they deserve to live

Don't do this, I think it's possibly illegal as the petrol can soak into the water table.

Wryel · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:10

Zip said:
Nope it wont do anything then. Fire will burn the petrol up. The way the petrol works is the plants drink it and they die

Found out this by washing my hands with petrol over the lawn

I was joking.

fatiain · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:10

Spawn said:
Pmsl same here..thoughtthe OP were talking about some special 'herbs'

Oregano?

Zip · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:11

fatiain said:
Don't do this, I think it's possibly illegal as the petrol can soak into the water table.

Its not like it will kill much

(Apart from the weeds)

You probably get more petrol and oil from run off on the roads when it rains

fatiain · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:17

Zip said:
Its not like it will kill much (Apart from the weeds)

You probably get more petrol and oil from run off on the roads when it rains

Probably, but I'm sure petrol/oil have to be disposed of at proper disposal sites in the UK. You Aussies just chuck it over your garden it seems.

Zip · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:18

fatiain said:
Probably, but I'm sure petrol/oil have to be disposed of at proper disposal sites in the UK. You Aussies just chuck it over your garden it seems.

I didnt mean a whole heap of it

(Its too expensive to use lots

)

Just use enough, Pour about a cup full over the weeds

Le_Petit_Lapin · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:20

Zip said:
Just use enough, Pour about a cup full over the weeds

Doesn't that, for want of a better word, totally **** up the surrounding soil?

Zip · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:21

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Doesn't that, for want of a better word, totally **** up the surrounding soil?

Its not like he will be planting any plants where the weeds are

Meatball · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:21

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Doesn't that, for want of a better word, totally **** up the surrounding soil?

the weeds are between paving slabs so it wouldn't matter

Le_Petit_Lapin · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:25

Oh right....well if its a paved area, what would happen in you were, for example, having a barbeque, and the petrol ignited?

Would the OP be screaming "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire?"

Edit: I should say that I do actually want to know, because I suffer from the same problem as the OP.

Meatball · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:26

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Oh right....well if its a paved area, what would happen in you were, for example, having a barbeque, and the petrol ignited?

Would the OP be screaming "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire?"

It's only wryel who cares *runs*

Zip · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:28

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Oh right....well if its a paved area, what would happen in you were, for example, having a barbeque, and the petrol ignited?

Would the OP be screaming "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire?"

No because the the Petrol Vapour is what is Flammable. After a few hours the vapor is gone so there is almost no chance at all that you will get it to ignite