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Best week killer uk

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  • punkdoc said:
    Agent Orange is very good, although I believe quite hard to get hold of.
    Ahh I cant see this online 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @punkdoc think we may have a generation gap  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • @punkdoc think we may have a generation gap  ;)
     Just Googled it! 

    That would be perfect to use on my neighbour but will give it a miss for the garden 😂
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    For that application you only need weedkiller if you have persistant and destructive weeds. Just hoe, mow or strim the weeds down for now. You could use a weed barrier or similar but nothing is growing much in this weather so it's probably not needed. If anything pops back up just hoe it off again.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    Weedkiller is a very emotive subject on here so you'll get a mixture of helpful and other replies. If you can't dig out the weeds then an application of Glyphosate is probably the right approach. It comes in many brands. Keep it away from anything you don't want to kill and cover the area after to prevent access to seeds on the wind while you wait for your slabs to be installed. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited July 2018
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It's not worth covering the soil for only a couple of weeks. 

    Glyphosate (any brand) will probably take a couple of weeks to kill the existing weeds, so you could use that now, then just hoe off any new seedlings before you lay the slabs. Or go for the cheap but harder work option of digging out the weeds.

    There are also things like Pathclear which have an extra ingredient that they claim stops germination of new weeds, but if you're going to have soil beds in your greenhouse that wouldn't be good.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Appears so @Dovefromabove .
    Sorry, i was not meaning to be rude, maybe just a poor attempt at humour.
    I do use weedkiller sometimes, and basically anything containing glyphoshate, will do.
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  • Thank you for the advice everybody :)
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Roundup is one brand you're likely to find easily


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