Killing roots DEAD

VictorMeldrew

If you want try Round-up, I'm sure I saw it in my local Sainsbury's before reduced from £7.99 to £1.99.

smudger1964

Agree with an earlier poster sodium chlorate is one of the cheapest and most effective it only costs a couple of quid from focus or BandQ it comes in a tub that you mix with water in a watering can and water on to the ground, one tub will mix up many liters of the product and within a week it will all be dead.I have used in many times on a section of waste ground and it works

dianasnan

Try Poundland they have 500g tubs of sodium chlorate for £1

SnowyOwl_2

I'm looking to do something similar, ie kill a lot of weeds and their roots. I also have pets and don't want to keep them out of the garden for days on end. The garden is also used a lot by wildbirds, hedgehogs and so on, and I really do not want to cause them to be poisoned. What should I use?

lynsiloo

i got sodium clorate in a tub from B&Q put it down a few times and it has done nothing, and that was only on a bit of waste ground with small weeds!

titewad_2

VictorMeldrew wrote:

If you want try Round-up, I'm sure I saw it in my local Sainsbury's before reduced from £7.99 to £1.99.

Went to my local sainsburys today and surprisingly they had some of this left.It's only the 250ml concentrate bottles but I grabbed 4 anyway so thanks for the tip.Someone else mentioned Poundland for Sodium Chlorate so I'm going there tomorrow for some of that aswell.I don't want to give them any chance of coming back..

bernlyn

i agree with the others on Sodium Chlorate. i did my back yard as it was overgrown with brambles and nettles and such. i tried to dig them out but they kept growing back. i use the Sodium Chlorate and now they are all dead after about 2 weeks.

djohn2002uk

Just remember that Sodium Chlorate stays in the ground and nothing will grow there for ages. Also not good if you have kids or pets around. SBK or Roundup is safest.