Recommend a path weedkiller ?

Hi

I have tried a few path clearer weedkillers but all seem pretty ineffective.

I heard that EU regulations made the more toxic (but more effective) versions no longer available.

Can anyone recommend a decent product that works ?


Thanks

 

Roundup, systemic weedkiller absorbed by weed and kills it from roots up. Because of its action results are not immediatley apparent , but very effective.

 

Roundup for me aswell, but use the one that you dilute yourself not the reay made it seems to work better. Do not use on a windy day either or you may find that some of the surrounding plants may get kille aswell.

Rusty

 

Same as Rusty , Roundup that I dilute myself. And as Lawnman said it does take quite a while before the weed show signs of dying.

 

You are quite correct, the best residual weedkiller which was in granular form (can't remember what it was called now) and was great on paths etc was banned. I know someone who was given tonnes of the stuff by the local council to dispose of as they could't use it any more, he made a fortune selling it to Bulgaria I think!!!

Agree Roundup but it isn't residual. I have just used Pistol which is meant to be residual. Cost A LOT and it rained about an hour and a half after I'd sprayed ..grrr.Meant to still be effective as long as there is an hour between application and rain...we'll see!

 

I tell you what is good...there is a thingymajig...i'm sure there is a proper name..but in laymans terms...it's a wand with a gas canister on the end...fire it on the weed and
the heat is transfered through the weed and blows the roots up...works on blockpaving anyway

 

That's funny me and Richard were talking about using one of those on our lotties its like a blow torch on a long wand. Does it really kill the roots then?

 

Sodium Chlorate? If mixed with sugar it would destroy weeds and lots more, and until they put fire retardant in it that stuff literally used to 'blow the roots up'. I can still remember the flying shrapnel and smoking holes in the ground in the good old days before H&S, Nanny State, etc. Far more effective than some namby pamby wand.

 

Now banned though??

 

Thanks all - you've given me hope !

I'll give this a try:
Roundup Ultra 3000 1 Litre Concentrate Weedkiller

 

In a word - no Dan . I found the weeds grew back . Great fun to use though zapping everything ! Until you zap some weeds under a conifer in a very dry period and up it goes like a bonfire !

 

I just use salt on my paths and driveway