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I have discovered a useful new garden tool.

InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568
in Problem solving
My wife bought one of those blow-torch things for crisping her lasagna. She was a bit put out when I discovered it was very useful for zapping some tree seedlings that were invasive. I put a metal shield round the plant destined for oblivion to protect anything growing nearby and then Kepow! Give it a try.
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  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Drastic, lol. At the risk of being sexist this sounds like such a man thing.  :D
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    if they're so small a tiny blow torch kills them, surely they're easily dug up? Just  a thought
    Devon.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Slug brulee?
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Dual purpose, very eco.  Just make sure you’ve cleaned it properly before your wife uses it to brown the lasagne or brûlée’s the creme.😂
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Used properly I find an oven is fine for browning the top of a lasagna and a hand, with or without a trowel or hand fork, works fine for pulling weeds, be they baby trees or not.  Certainly less faff than a collar and blowtorch and no greenhouse gases.
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    ERICS MUM said:
    Dual purpose, very eco.  Just make sure you’ve cleaned it properly before your wife uses it to brown the lasagne or brûlée’s the creme.😂
    NOT eco, it works on gas!!
    Devon.
  • Joy*Joy* Posts: 571
    According to the instructions which came with my gas powered weeder, you shouldn't incinerate the weeds but just heat up the leaves to the point that they 'boil'. When we were living in France we had a huge drive (wide enough for large delivery vans to do a 3 point turn) which needed regular weeding. The flame gun worked extremely well. It came back to the UK but has had little or no use here. It's far simpler to weed by hand, and it has its own integral collar. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Slug brulee sounds interesting.
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Hostafan1 said:
    ERICS MUM said:
    Dual purpose, very eco.  Just make sure you’ve cleaned it properly before your wife uses it to brown the lasagne or brûlée’s the creme.😂
    NOT eco, it works on gas!!
    Oops my mistake !
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