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Anyone suggest an inexpensive weed killer?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Agree @Obelixx ... that’s why we need to know what it is he’s trying to deal with and what he’s used so far. 

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





  • Joy*Joy* Posts: 571
    The only fail safe way is to dig them out and under no circumstances let them seed, whatever they are. I've yet to find any selective weedkiller which actually works as well as persistence with a fork.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    The most inexpensive weedkiller is one that actually works, applied in the correct way. You need to tell us what you're trying to kill and what you have tried so far (and how you applied it).
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Treeface said:
    The most inexpensive weedkiller is SALT. Dig out all the weeds once and then cover the entire area in table salt. Nothing will grow back.
    Nobody on this forum would condone that though ;)
    Put salt all over your garden and nothing will grow there for years ... with perhaps the exception of asparagus. 

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





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    Just what I asked him way back at the beginning of this thread @Treeface

    What are you trying to kill, where is the problem and what have you used?
    but we’ve still not got the information we need in order to be able to help ...





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





  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    edited July 2020
    In my experience expensive weed killers are false economy anyways.  When I became an adult and purchased our first and current home.. I tried a few of the lesser known brands with similar active ingredients.. weeds might crisp a bit, but they were soon back and growing just as strong.  Now I only buy R@%ndup concentrate and mix it exact to the directions.  Cheaper than premixed, and does the job with one application.  The more you have to repeat with the cheap stuff the more you and the environment is exposed to nasty chemicals.  
    Once OP comes back with further details, then we can give more specific advice for those particular weeds.  A hoe or hand pulling doesn’t take care of the nasty taproot weeds in my crushed rock gravel over membrane area.  There is a time and place for each process.  
    Utah, USA.
  • gary 803gary 803 Posts: 74
    Here you go...
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Goodness me! I was envisaging a large bed with weeds entangled among garden worthy plants. With a garden fork you could have that area sorted in 30 minutes. If you don’t have a fork or have a disability then a bottle of glyphosphate from any large supermarket will cost about £5 and will have that bed sorted. Apply it now and you should see results within three weeks. You might need a second application but a bottle will be enough for dozens and dozens of treatments.
    Rutland, England
  • gary 803gary 803 Posts: 74
    Its gravel on a layer of plastic covering the soil.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    A small spray bottle of Resolva will see those off in a couple of days.
    It's easily the most effective weedkiller as it works quickly.
    Weeds which appear when there's a physical barrier between them and the soil below, are largely ones which seed in, so a quick once over with a hoe will also keep them at bay very easily.
    Dandelions, which you have there, have deep roots though, so the weedkiller will keep them at bay more easily. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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