What's best for clearing brick paved driveway of weeds?

boots_babe

Sounds like a basic question I know. However I recently looked on Amazon to see what had the best reviews, and purchased Pathclear.

Sounded like just what I wanted, only when I came to use it, it explicitly says NOT to use it on brick paving! (didn't say this on the listing online by the way or I wouldn't have bought it).

I have previously tried those awful things with a little hand held sprayer which attaches to the bottle of weedkiller. It was backbreaking, took about 2 hours to cover the drive, and it didn't even work.

So I don't want one of those again, please don't suggest that!

I have bought a sprinkler bar for my watering can, and also have a mixer tub thing that attaches to my garden hose. So anything with those would be fine. But having been burnt once by buying the wrong thing, I wanted to see if anyone could recommend anything.

Apart from the Pathclear, all I can seem to find is either algae remover type products like Algon, which is not what I need, or the fiddly little mini attached spray products.

Please help!

Mojisola

Those little flame guns work well. You don't have to burn off each weed - just a quick pass with the flame bursts all the cell walls.

martinthebandit

Mojisola wrote: »

Those little flame guns work well. You don't have to burn off each weed - just a quick pass with the flame bursts all the cell walls.

They do, and there is something very satisfying about burning the little blasted things

But, don't you just hate it when there is a but, eventually each brick paver will have a little black border.

boots_babe

Hmm think I may have to give that a miss then, I don't want to damage the drive.

Any other ideas?

martinthebandit

boots_babe wrote: »

Hmm think I may have to give that a miss then, I don't want to damage the drive.

Any other ideas?

Its not damage, just a discolouration, probably caused by ground in fine ash, it may even powerwash off. But I am not promising.


It is the easiest and most satisfying method of weeding though

freyasnan

I buy a few large bags of salt from the supermarket and sweep it into the paving. Also sprinkle it on to pebbled areas works fast and lasts.

Debt_Free_Chick

Glyphosate - sold branded like Roundup. Plants take it down to their roots on contact, but the glyphosate itself is rendered inactive on contact with soil.

A quick look shows no warning about not using on brick paving.

plumface

Pathclear is a systemic weedkiller,ie the 'poison' is absorbed into to the roots via the leaves.
How or why it can be advised not to be used on block paving i do not know,it must be a mis typed copy and paste thingy!!
It cannot possibly hurt or damage ANY type of paving!

Debt_Free_Chick

plumface wrote: »

How or why it can be advised not to be used on block paving i do not know

OP has brick paving .....?

plumface

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

OP has brick paving .....?

It is the same thing. :rotfl:

Debt_Free_Chick

There's a copy of the label here, which seems to suggest that PC is really only suitable for gravel

http://www.lovethegarden.com/files/pc-weedkiller-lc-label.pdf