Removing weeds between paving stones

moneyistooshorttomention

What is the best tool anyone has found for doing this task quickly/easily please?

I am imagining there must be some tool or other with a long handle (ie 2-3' long), so that the task is one its possible to walk along and do. I would think it would have a sharp blade or two that could just be run down between paving stones and would hoick up everything (well, at least apart from the most stubborn weeds like dandelions).

I guess I'm picturing something like a thick and long-handled scalpel and thinking "There must be something like it on the market that would do the trick".

Mojisola

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PARASENE-GAS-OPERATED-WEED-WAND/dp/B005UCVMXW

Very easy to use - you don't have to burn the weeds to a cinder, just pass the flame over them so that the cells burst.

moneyistooshorttomention

Thanks for that.

Errrm...think I'm a bit too nervous of "burners" to use one and don't want ongoing costs, so I would rather prefer a manual gadget iyswim.

Did learn something from that though, as in its not possible to buy woodchippings from a certain well-known chain store, as they aren't ensuring they are responsibly sourced (ie minus weeds in them), after that customer review complaining the bbbbbbbbs had caused them to have Japanese knotweed AGH!

Mojisola

Then something like this would be worth trying -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingfisher-Long-Handled-Patio-Knife/dp/B005PMWI80/ref=pd_sim_sbs_diy_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ARED92NES9HP54AVGYN

moneyistooshorttomention

Thank you:)

Looks like just the sort of thing I had in mind and I've just ordered one.:T

arbrighton

i have one of these
Wolf garten do long handles and the tools are interchangeable. I use it for pulling through soil to drag up roots of ground elder etc

Ossy

Not quite what you asked about but I have found pouring cheap white vinegar on stubborn weeds finishes them off:

olias

I got a cheap long handled cultivator and cut the outer two prongs off with an angle grinder. It works a treat.
Olias

forgotmyname

A broom and a big bag of salt. Table or cooking salt the cheapest you can get.

Sprinkle it down between the cracks or [pour it out and brush it into the cracks.
Weeds wont live long and its totally harmless. Unless you have a collection of slugs and snails.

SailorSam

I use salt 'forgotmyname'.
I think i pay about 25p for a kilo in Tesco and that makes up 3 lots.
Put the salt in an old watering can (you don't want the same one that you water your plants), then fill watering can with boiling water so that the salt desolves.

Meganjones

Amazon is great you should look there as the feedback on products is great