I bought some SBK root killer in the GC yesterday but was dismayed to see that it no longer had glyphosate in it. Has anybody tried the new stuff and does it actually work? It wasn't cheap. I bought it for one specific purpose to kill big ivy roots in a very narrow gap as I think they might be undermining our terrace wall.
I was surprised to see some of the branded weedkillers on the shelf in B&Q seem to contain just acetic acid. Very expensive vinegar!
Crikey @padmeister . I haven't bought weedkiller for ages but I think I'd be very annoyed if I'd spent £££ on vinegar in a fancy spray bottle, maybe with something to make it stick to the foliage.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Looking around a bit more, I found a pdf file from the RHS "Weedkillers-For-Home-Gardeners.pdf" (the forum won't let me attach the file directly to this post).
Acetic acid is a contact weedkiller so it will kill off the top growth, but it isn't transported into the roots to kill the weed systemically. That's probably enough to kill small weed seedlings/annual weeds (that you could probably just hoe off easily) but it's unlikely to do much against deep-rooted weeds growing in places where you can't get at the roots to dig them out - dandelions in cracks in the paving, ivy in the base of a wall and so on. If you can't get (or don't want to use) glyphosate, which acts systemically, repeatedly cutting off the top growth will be at least as effective as repeatedly treating with acetic acid, and much cheaper.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
You’re right, you can still get glyphosate if you want it.
My gripe though is the way they’ve reformulated these products without making it obvious. Resolva is pelargonic acid so again it’s just a contact product that relies on being an acid to burn the foliage off, but doesn’t kill roots.
I only use weedkiller when I absolutely have to, for tough invasive weeds like dandelion, ivy and couch, so I want something that will kill roots. When you have a flowerbed which has been invaded by couch, vinegar isn’t going to do much good!
I think the BBC should consider on how they would report (and have reported) on a sports commentator losing his/her job for making a negative comment about the policy of a government if it had happened in Russia, Belarus or North Korea.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'd have thought the BBC could easily just have applied their usual mantra eg ......This may contain out dated language/views ( anything over 10 years old)..........This may contain distressing scenes ( reports on war/mass murders, etc.)............If you have been affected by.........more or less anything including Soap Operas........... Perhaps a new warning along the lines of.........this person has a certain point of view and has made it known on SM - it may therefore prove distressing to some if he/she is then allowed to present on an entirely unrelated subject. Not very well put I'll admit but someone at the BBC could surely conjure up a suitable "Beware" phrase. I've never yet heard any such warnings when listening to Today in Parliament or prior to Govt. Minister's statements or some interviews on both Radio and TV. How odd Just to be fair, it's not only the BBC who indulge in this practice.
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I only use weedkiller when I absolutely have to, for tough invasive weeds like dandelion, ivy and couch, so I want something that will kill roots. When you have a flowerbed which has been invaded by couch, vinegar isn’t going to do much good!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Perhaps a new warning along the lines of.........this person has a certain point of view and has made it known on SM - it may therefore prove distressing to some if he/she is then allowed to present on an entirely unrelated subject. Not very well put I'll admit but someone at the BBC could surely conjure up a suitable "Beware" phrase.
I've never yet heard any such warnings when listening to Today in Parliament or prior to Govt. Minister's statements or some interviews on both Radio and TV. How odd
Just to be fair, it's not only the BBC who indulge in this practice.