Weeds in between patio

aj9648

Hi

Any ideas of how to completely kill off weeds etc in between the cracks of driveway or patio?

Heard boiling water is good?

27col

I'm just guessing here, but how about using weed killer.

Ruski

Roundup - nothing better

HTH

Russ

SailorSam

Boiling water with salt in it
Ikg cheap tesco salt will do 3 watering cans.

http://tipnut.com/weed-killers/

cyclonebri1

27col wrote: »

I'm just guessing here, but how about using weed killer.

Someone had to say it.

Forgetting tree huggers, I simply treat all drive/patio areas to a gallon of the cheapest bleach I can find, around £3-5.

Kills 99.5% of all known weeds:D:D





Flack jacket doned, incoming:eek:

Inch_High_2

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Someone had to say it.

Forgetting tree huggers, I simply treat all drive/patio areas to a gallon of the cheapest bleach I can find, around £3-5.

Kills 99.5% of all known weeds:D:D





Flack jacket doned, incoming:eek:

Does bleach work on moss?

Do you dilute it and if so in what ratio?

cyclonebri1

Inch_High wrote: »

Does bleach work on moss?

Do you dilute it and if so in what ratio?

Yep, you scrub the patio with as little water as possible thus keeping the highest bleach concentration, it kills algae and moss

So, :money::money:, both cleans patio and kills moss and weeds.

If you can accept that the runoff has to go somewhere, and if yours is properly contained I see no issue

Ianwzzz

Ruski wrote: »

Roundup - nothing better

HTH

Russ

Rosate 36 is better.....

cyclonebri1

Ianwzzz wrote: »

Rosate 36 is better.....

Fantastic stuff that and much more cost effective than the dumbed down products generally available.
BUT, a word of caution is needed Ian, it is a proffessional grade material, highly concentrated and does need careful handling but boy does it work. There are even instructions on the pack on how to kill full grown trees with it. Ive tried that and although slow, it really does the trick.
Can be diluted to the strength of more readily available stuff and goes much firther.

Ebay, about £13 litre last time I bought;)

jenfa

soda crystals sprinkled over the moss add a little water or wait until it rains and it kills moss. It does say on the packet and it certainly worked with my block paved terrace also cleans it a bit too.

cattie

I always used salt on the drive in my previous house. Seemed to work whether water was warm or hot. Sometimes takes a day or so before you notice weeds are dying, but is a good quick & cheap fix.

I saved a large empty Fairy Liquid bottle to use for squirting the salt solution between the cracks, which made it really easy & meant it was directed exactly where I wanted it to be.