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Resolva Zero weedkiller is it any good?

madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
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I have just finished my spray bottle of Resolva Weedkiller (with Glyphosate) and want to move away from this.
Has anyone tried Resolva Zero weedkiller (no Glyphosate) and were the results any good?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Resolva-Ready-Glyphosate-Killer-Litres/dp/B079RBCY7R/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=resolva+weedkiller&qid=1555512786&s=clothing&sr=8-8
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
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  • micearguersmicearguers Posts: 646
    Just curious, what's the need? I have never needed weedkiller, it would probably take an alien invasive triffid such as Japanese knotweed before I'd consider it. Anyway, I am genuinely curious whether the target is something like that.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    edited April 2019
    I don't use much but sometimes it is the only thing that gets rid of persistent weeds in paving etc.
    Last bottle lasted 4 years.
    Manual weeding is obviously preferable but not always possible.
    Just wondering if anyone had used the Resolva Zero.
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Is an article comparing the two active ingredients, zero will only kill the green parts it will work the same as spraying them with vinegar.


  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Sorry, @Skandi, but I wouldn't trust those pro-industry people! Read more at https://usrtk.org/hall-of-shame/why-you-cant-trust-the-american-council-on-science-and-health/
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    As you can't buy Glyphosate in France anymore, I use it on the gravel drive, I thought I'd try a no Glyphosate weed killer on the drive. It was brilliant - at first. Every weed was dried up and dead the following day or two - but a week later it had all started growing again. And the weed killer was expensive.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • bookmonsterbookmonster Posts: 399
    We have a weed burner. They do come back up, but no chemicals. Runs off camping gas.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Nothing works like glyphosate. I think used judiciously, it's OK.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    edited April 2019
    WillDB said:
    Nothing works like glyphosate. I think used judiciously, it's OK.
    I agree.I don't intend to slosh it about and a 1litre spray bottle can last me at least 5 years or so.
    If weeds can be removed in another way I always prefer to do so,but there are pernicious weeds,horsetail,bindweed,ground elder and dandelions in odd places where only glyphosate weedkiller works.

    .......off to buy my Roundup tomorrow!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    edited February 2020
    hall40 said:
    I found here a little comparison of weed killers, Roundup among other variants it looks good, but there are 2 cons: a relatively small area of coverage and, as they say, a strong chemical smell
    Just looked at all those weedkillers and 4 out of the 5 were Glyphosate!
    Could it be because it actually works?
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    A relatively small area of coverage sounds good to me .... don't want to go spraying it all over the place ... and as for the smell, well it'll keep folk away while it dries.  


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





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