Homemade weed killer or shop bought

[Giraffe76]

Hi all,

We are starting to see weeds coming through on our driveway and garden path between the slabs.

My wife has suggested I use a homemade solution but I wanted people's opinions on what homemade solution people have used which has been effected or whether people have found a shop bought product has been better and if so which one please?

Any recommendations on either option would be most appreciated

Kind regards mark

 

[Koolpc]

Flame thrower....

 

[Why Not Indeed]

Concentrated glyphosate is so cheap, I am not sure why you would bother trying to concoct something. It cost me less than a tenner for what will probably last me more than a decade.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Concentrated glyphosate is so cheap, I am not sure why you would bother trying to concoct something. It cost me less than a tenner for what will probably last me more than a decade.

I paid a bit more than that, for 5L of concentrate, but it will see me out, even though I have lots to do. Point is, don't buy the ready to use, dilute, especially not in the squirty bottles - you would be paying well over the odds, for what is essentially - mostly water, and a fancy name on the bottle. The concentrate dilutes down, to something like 100mL, to 7L of spray. That goes in a pump up spray bottle, which lasts me the entire year. I go round with the spray at the start of summer, on a dry day, it takes two weeks to kill what I spray, then I go around again, picking up any I happened to miss on the first round. What's left, kills off the weeds which appear later.

It needs to be sprayed on a dry day, at least 4 hours of dry - so it gets absorbed by the plant, down to its roots.

 

[Giraffe76]

Concentrated glyphosate is so cheap, I am not sure why you would bother trying to concoct something. It cost me less than a tenner for what will probably last me more than a decade.

Where do you buy this product from?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Where do you buy this product from?

Ebay, or Amazon. Check the concentration level.

 

[endecotp]

"Homemade weedkiller"?????

That sounds like something from a Health & Safety Executive press release.

Is this some stupid YouTube thing, or AI fantasy?

Let me guess - it's just vinegar and baking soda, right?

 

[Giraffe76]

"Homemade weedkiller"?????

That sounds like something from a Health & Safety Executive press release.

Is this some stupid YouTube thing, or AI fantasy?

Let me guess - it's just vinegar and baking soda, right?

Actually it was a suggestion from my wife who's been trying to keep coats down

 

[JohnD]

"Pathclear" is a weedkiller designed for this purpose. It leaves a film on the surface of the soil to prevent new seeds germinating.

Do any hoeing or hand weeding before you apply it. If you disturb the surface you will break up the film. It is very suitable for paving and cracks in concrete.

You only need to apply it once or twice a year. If you have a lot of weeds you can apply glyphosate once and remove the dead growth, then apply pathclear as soon as new ones start to sprout. This will be more economial.

 

[mikehammer69]

A vinegar /biological wash liquid mix will work somewhat

Sprays are being frowned upon now as they’re affecting wildlife diversity or some such thing

 

[blup]

You can get concentrated glyphosate on eBay, the type that farmers use but it has a shelf life.