Oh she is just one of them people I think. It just feels like a nightmare no matter how much I chop it back it comes back bigger and faster. Iv seen something called Scotts Roundup Ultra 3000 does anyone know if this is any good ?
Hi Nikki,
Roundup Ultra 3000 is a concentrated form of Roundup. I use Roundup on my drive (common access lane to garages). It is very effective. You can buy ordinary Roundup in a garden centre already diluted & ready to spray, or the concentrate to mix yourself. The Ultra 3000 is very expensive but better value for money because you don't have to use so much per litre of mix, but it doesn't do a different job than the ordinary so far as I can find out. When I say expensive our local garden centre sells a 1 litre can of 3000 concentrate for around £50 all bar a few pence. The thing with roundup is that it doesn't stay in the soil forever. You just spray the broadleaf plants and wait: nothing happens for 1-2 weeks and you begin to think "well that was a waste of time, effort & money" then you notice the plant wilting and going brown. That's how Roundup works, it goes from the leaves down into the plant and kills the roots. If you use it don't let any spray get on to other plants as they will die too. Also be carefull to mix the recommended dilutions.
Don't make the mistake either of using a garden sprayer you will use again for other purposes as I once did. I washed the container out 3 or 4 times thoroughly, pumped a couple of changes of clean water through the nozzle and used it to spray some cabbages for cabbage white caterpillers. This was very effective, the caterpillers all died of starvation because there were no cabbages left for them to eat!!!! John H
There is another alternative which is much easier but involves losing your lawn for some time.
1. Mow it
2. Buy some weed suppressing membrane from B&Q or similar and some ground pegs (like tent pegs)
3. Cover lawn completely with membrane, peg down and leave for a whole year
4. Uncover this time next year, dig up anything that's still pathetically trying to grow
5. Aerate soil, rake over and reseed.
I know it's a bit drastic but I'm thinking of doing it for my lawn. After being a single parent with a (more than) full time job for 4 years the dandelions have almost completely taken over my lawn, so I uttterly sympathise.
I did buy a Fiskars Weed Puller but it didn't get all of the root up and there are so many it would take me all year.
Good advice here Nikki and I'd be inclined to follow Daisy's advice as you are short of time for tackling this and I understand that only too well being a single parent too. It may not look pretty - although you can put bark down on top which helps a bit- but it would let you tidy other areas in the meantime. Agree with step 6 too - and would also add that, as you've inherited it, that means other people aren't looking after their gardens either ...
and then do this
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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Hi Nikki,
Roundup Ultra 3000 is a concentrated form of Roundup. I use Roundup on my drive (common access lane to garages). It is very effective. You can buy ordinary Roundup in a garden centre already diluted & ready to spray, or the concentrate to mix yourself. The Ultra 3000 is very expensive but better value for money because you don't have to use so much per litre of mix, but it doesn't do a different job than the ordinary so far as I can find out. When I say expensive our local garden centre sells a 1 litre can of 3000 concentrate for around £50 all bar a few pence. The thing with roundup is that it doesn't stay in the soil forever. You just spray the broadleaf plants and wait: nothing happens for 1-2 weeks and you begin to think "well that was a waste of time, effort & money" then you notice the plant wilting and going brown. That's how Roundup works, it goes from the leaves down into the plant and kills the roots. If you use it don't let any spray get on to other plants as they will die too. Also be carefull to mix the recommended dilutions.
Don't make the mistake either of using a garden sprayer you will use again for other purposes as I once did. I washed the container out 3 or 4 times thoroughly, pumped a couple of changes of clean water through the nozzle and used it to spray some cabbages for cabbage white caterpillers. This was very effective, the caterpillers all died of starvation because there were no cabbages left for them to eat!!!! John H
There is another alternative which is much easier but involves losing your lawn for some time.
1. Mow it
2. Buy some weed suppressing membrane from B&Q or similar and some ground pegs (like tent pegs)
3. Cover lawn completely with membrane, peg down and leave for a whole year
4. Uncover this time next year, dig up anything that's still pathetically trying to grow
5. Aerate soil, rake over and reseed.
I know it's a bit drastic but I'm thinking of doing it for my lawn. After being a single parent with a (more than) full time job for 4 years the dandelions have almost completely taken over my lawn, so I uttterly sympathise.
I did buy a Fiskars Weed Puller but it didn't get all of the root up and there are so many it would take me all year.
Oh, and I forgot step 6:
tell the neighbour to do one
Good advice here Nikki and I'd be inclined to follow Daisy's advice as you are short of time for tackling this and I understand that only too well being a single parent too. It may not look pretty - although you can put bark down on top which helps a bit- but it would let you tidy other areas in the meantime. Agree with step 6 too - and would also add that, as you've inherited it, that means other people aren't looking after their gardens either ...
and then do this
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...