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what weed killer
Bonsai-Marc
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as i have moved into a new rented house i have had to replant all my plants and rocks.
created a nice japanese rockery with a mountain scene on the large raised veg patch that is here.
but as was a veg patch they asked me to not use a certain weedkiller, im not sure which.
i now have lots of.. maybe weeds growing, small things much like cress growing all over.
what can i use to get rid of and keep the rockery looking perfect?
------------- funny thing is i have lots of gaps and do need more plants and wanted low growing green stuff but not these type of things
thanks
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Afraid that's a job for your fingers Mark
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i did think so or another idea i heard was a small blow torch
What's the point in that? Just do what gardeners have been doing for centuries - it's much the easiest way
and it has the added advantage that if you accidentally pull up something precious you can replant it - you can't do that if it's been scorched to death 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i read up a blow torch is quite effective if obviously careful, kitchen type
maybe ill get time at weekend and manually pull
not sure if bitter cress, its tiny little leaves that creating a mass of green
when pull not much comes and dont think anything left behind but hard to tell
A hoe used correctly is pretty easy and efficient.
got my weed blow torch, great idea, works well and cleaned loads up without spending ages digging and disturbing the soil
my best buy of the year
I also liked the weed blow torches. It's a lot easier than picking everything by hand. Before I got mine, my back was practically killing me from all the time I spent bending to pick the unwanted greenery. But now this unpleasant chore even seems fun to me.