It hasn't worked for me either. I paid £9 for it and applied it about a month ago. I wonder if it is on sale because it is coming off the market. What is the point in having a product that is easy to use if it doesn't work?
You may simply be too impatient! As I explained in a message just above, it took about 6 weeks for mine to work.
I've also used it on two other plants since then. One is showing distinct signs of yellowing; the other is, as yet, unchanged, but I have no reason for believing that the produce will not work eventually.
The time to act may also be dependent on sunshine levels, and act faster in sunny weather (but I don't know as we haven't had that much sun).
I bought this gel to put on bindweed that was twining with my clematis. I thought it wasn't working and was beginning to wonder what else i could use whne I noticed -maybe 3 weeks after treatment thta leaves were yellowing and now bindweed is virtually dead and clematis is still happy
Ive used it on nettles growing in the borders - takes around 10 days. I also used it on a bramble, and did several leaves despite the label saying only needed to do one. However, bramble would survive a nuclear blast, I'm sure, so covering my bets. Two weeks later and bramble still alive, but looking a bit lacklustre compared to two weeks ago. I think patience is the key, however, if you want a garden to look pristine all the time, its probably not for you. You would get fed up waiting and just hand pull the weed (but it will be back!).
Wicken is something that some of us refer to as couch grass, and it has a lot of other names too.
Roundup gel will kill anything that is green and growing. When a few people say that it doesn't work, that is because they have not followed the instructions, or have not read the numerous posts on here saying that it takes a long time to work, and are being far too impatient. If you want to do the job properly you need to be patient.
I've tried this product on several different plants, ranging from brambles to reeds, and it has always been successful.
I haven't actually used it to get rid of couch grass, but I believe that it would work. The difficulty would be applying the product to the individual stems of grass. This could be done by resting a stem against the palm of a gloved hand, and brushing the gel onto the stem using the free hand (that's how I applied it to reeds). It would be very tedious if you have a lot of couch grass, but it will succeed.
The speed that Roundup works is dependent on sunlight levels and growth rates. Now would not be the most effective time to apply, but you could still give it a try.
Bought this dab it on gel and found it very hard to apply. Some dandelions had seeded themselves in my asparagus and i needed to be careful with the weedkiller and thought this was a good idea. Was better when i left pot udside down for a few minutes before using it. Put it on plants about 5 weeks ago and only just seeing the dandelion die down. Very expensive and i did wonder if all the rain we had might have washed it off.
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It hasn't worked for me either. I paid £9 for it and applied it about a month ago. I wonder if it is on sale because it is coming off the market. What is the point in having a product that is easy to use if it doesn't work?
You may simply be too impatient! As I explained in a message just above, it took about 6 weeks for mine to work.
I've also used it on two other plants since then. One is showing distinct signs of yellowing; the other is, as yet, unchanged, but I have no reason for believing that the produce will not work eventually.
The time to act may also be dependent on sunshine levels, and act faster in sunny weather (but I don't know as we haven't had that much sun).
I bought this gel to put on bindweed that was twining with my clematis. I thought it wasn't working and was beginning to wonder what else i could use whne I noticed -maybe 3 weeks after treatment thta leaves were yellowing and now bindweed is virtually dead and clematis is still happy
is it any good on wicken grass ?????
i found it did'nt work at all on my ground elder i think i'll go back to the brush with liquid form
Wicken is something that some of us refer to as couch grass, and it has a lot of other names too.
Roundup gel will kill anything that is green and growing. When a few people say that it doesn't work, that is because they have not followed the instructions, or have not read the numerous posts on here saying that it takes a long time to work, and are being far too impatient. If you want to do the job properly you need to be patient.
I've tried this product on several different plants, ranging from brambles to reeds, and it has always been successful.
I haven't actually used it to get rid of couch grass, but I believe that it would work. The difficulty would be applying the product to the individual stems of grass. This could be done by resting a stem against the palm of a gloved hand, and brushing the gel onto the stem using the free hand (that's how I applied it to reeds). It would be very tedious if you have a lot of couch grass, but it will succeed.
The speed that Roundup works is dependent on sunlight levels and growth rates. Now would not be the most effective time to apply, but you could still give it a try.
Bought this dab it on gel and found it very hard to apply. Some dandelions had seeded themselves in my asparagus and i needed to be careful with the weedkiller and thought this was a good idea. Was better when i left pot udside down for a few minutes before using it. Put it on plants about 5 weeks ago and only just seeing the dandelion die down. Very expensive and i did wonder if all the rain we had might have washed it off.