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Killing Weeds
Atky7
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Apologies if this has been asked before, I suspect it has, tidying up along my outside fence a chap walking past advised me to use sodium chorlde, he said it would prevent most weeds returning for many years. Is this correct, anyone heard of this before?
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It would render the soil unusable and poison every living creature it came in contact with.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Really vile stuff - and isn't it illegal now anyway?
I use a hoe and a bit of proprietary weedkiller on stubborn bits. Takes hardly any time
Last edited: 22 October 2016 15:50:52
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I suspect he meant sodium chlorate (sodium chloride is common salt.) It was banned for garden use by the government in 2010. Roundup works fine but use it in the spring when weeds start growing strongly and it will kill them right back to the roots. Don't pull the weeds up until they are completely dead or the roots won't be killed.
Should have gone to Specsavers Bob - I thought it was sodium chlorate
Salt's bad enough though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...