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Weeds - help help help!
yholland1
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Hi all
So. For 5 years I've been fighting weeds in our driveway. Sadly the people who build the house made the driveway out of old hardcore, and it's a fair size so we won't be able to afford to put a proper impenetrable surface down for a few years.
Quite a large area of this awful substrate has inevitably been infested with weeds that creep slowly in to the middle. Every year we spend about 10-20 days doing nothing but digging them up. The problem is we never truly get the root of a lot of these things as they are down in the rubbley earth.
I've tried weed killer and it didn't do much. Some of the weeds looked scorched for a while and then things just grew back very fast.
Because it's so rocky would a tiller/cultivator/rotavator do anything?
The weeds are mainly dandelios, grass, and various thistle things.
All made twice as hard as have young baby so hours in the garden are both limited and precious.
Would appreciate any thoughts or advice
So. For 5 years I've been fighting weeds in our driveway. Sadly the people who build the house made the driveway out of old hardcore, and it's a fair size so we won't be able to afford to put a proper impenetrable surface down for a few years.
Quite a large area of this awful substrate has inevitably been infested with weeds that creep slowly in to the middle. Every year we spend about 10-20 days doing nothing but digging them up. The problem is we never truly get the root of a lot of these things as they are down in the rubbley earth.
I've tried weed killer and it didn't do much. Some of the weeds looked scorched for a while and then things just grew back very fast.
Because it's so rocky would a tiller/cultivator/rotavator do anything?
The weeds are mainly dandelios, grass, and various thistle things.
All made twice as hard as have young baby so hours in the garden are both limited and precious.
Would appreciate any thoughts or advice
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Sadly blaming the previous owners is .....sad.
Until you can afford to replace it with a harder non permeable surface just use a strong weed killer applied correctly at the right times of year as has been suggested.
It really is best if you check out the types of weed killer available, and which does best for the weed types that thrive there. Read the instructions and application times and rates carefully.
You should not have to do more than apply something three or four times a year, once you have the weeds under control to keep it looking not too bad until you can afford to replace the area.
We have lived in the same property for 30 plus years, we get weeds that come in from surrounding properties . Very annoying when one takes care of ones own.
Weeding is an ongoing thing. If I only had to take 10-20 days removing things that are caused by other lazy people I would not mind.
https://www.lovethegarden.com/uk-en/product/weedol-ps-pathclear-weedkiller-1-litre
Please be sure to follow the instructions carefully as it’s pretty potent stuff.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That should kill every living creature in the vicinity.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
You have a busy life, perhaps the drive just waits whilst you concentrate on special things?
I agree with @punkdoc avoid salt.