Patio weeds

[mbp82]

Can anyone suggest something I can do with the gaps in my patio with to stop weeds coming up between the slabs?

I had considered filling the gaps with mortar but there's not that much of a gap, if any in some places. Just enough for weeds!

Would a brushed in dry mix cement stop them?

Cheers

 

[Mottie]

Weed killer, brush in kiln dried sand and seal with a patio/stone sealer fluid?

 

[StephenStephen]

Personally, I'd find a plant that would grow in there that would give an even attractive framing to the slabs and plant it - Corsican mint comes to mind...

 

[Odds]

Personally, I'd find a plant that would grow in there that would give an even attractive framing to the slabs and plant it - Corsican mint comes to mind...

Corsican Mint is a fine patio filler - i planted one near the acer last year and it's doing well after my initial negligence in watering it nearly put paid to a fragrant future in the garden...

 

[Odds]

...also, plant a little Irish Moss nearby: it spreads well and flowers with plenty of seeds to send hither and thither across an area like that.

 

[aveatry]

Can anyone suggest something I can do with the gaps in my patio with to stop weeds coming up between the slabs?

I had considered filling the gaps with mortar but there's not that much of a gap, if any in some places. Just enough for weeds!

Would a brushed in dry mix cement stop them?

Cheers

The gaps look big enough to me. Weed killer scrape out - I use a DIY wet and dry vacuum as well. Or a jet wash. Then - dont laugh but I use bodge tape and mask off either side of the gap and fill with WET sand and cement with added waterproofer, masking makes for a clean job when using wet and you can really trowel it in. I also add fibreglass choppings to the mix and then go over everything with a grout waterproofing sealer when its dry.
Yes a lot of work but I have found that a dry mix does not completely fill the gap - gets washed out and weeds actually take hold from above not from below. Mine lasts years when done as described.

 

[Odds]

You could always consider leaving a small gap, an inch or two, that allows plants like mint to spread across the path.

It may sound odd but that's the way i roll.