Marbil said:We have patio stones out back and weeds grow in between each stone - seriously driving me nuts! Have done the pathclear thing and have even tried bleach but the effers grow back! can anyone recommend a decent weedkiller that will work?
PGD1 said:my advice would be use an environmentally proper method at the beginning of summer, and perhaps again halfway through and forget about it the rest of the time.
I didn't realise that. The salt approach works well for small numbers of weeds in a lawn. I assumed that it would be OK for paved areas too but maybe not.Carpenter said:As for salt, it's not good for concrete in the longterm.
PGD1 said:the problem with weedkillers is that it kills the bugs and also poisens the birds... so you are not just killing the weeds.
Jaysus - I'm not talking using a dumpster truck to fill the garden with salt - just a little sprinkle from a table salt container on individual weeds! It has worked for me any others in my family with no obvious long term effects on the soil or the environment. As for (washing up liquid) soapy water, I regularly use this to get rid of greenfly and again have not noticed any long term problems. Roundup does contain harmful chemicals by the way.Gordanus said:I can't imagine that chucking salt or soapy water or bleach about is good for the soil, surely these leave longterm residues.
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