Weed killer confusion

Ok, here's the reason for my confusion.

I am browsing the b and q outdoor book, and have now come across 3 types of weedkiller quoted on different pages.

1. Translocated weedkiller, ground elder
2. Non-risidual weedkiller, prepping wild flower meadow
3. Systemic weedkiller


What does what? !

 

Brilliant, brilliant! Thank you. Great explanation (wasn't that a book?! Hee hee).

I have had to get rid of a whole bed of perenial geraniums because it was 50/50 with ground elder and I couldn't even seperate it out to spray it. The roots were entwined too. They must have been left for a while before we moved in. Total nightmare.

 

just a hint dont spray untill april and do it in a warm spell when plants are really growing also ground elder is tough so spray more than once and then leave the bed for a while to see if any re-grows.
All retail chemical weedkillers now use glyphosate as there active ingredient...everything else including sodium chlorate have been banned. They will makrket them all slightly differenty but they are all based on glyphosate.

 

So they have now banned sodium chlorate, have they.
I never used it but I'm sure it was cheaper than glyphosate.
Can you still get weedol, useless stuff, but it worked fast.

I bought some recently, in readiness for the coming season and payed £7.49 for enough to treat 185sq yards, its not much when you work it out, and thats only one treatment, tough weeds need at least two I find.

So its like spraying gold dust.

 

Sodium Chlorate has already been banned:(. SBK is the most effective poison I've found for Ground Elder. I've completely eradicated it from 3 gardens just using SBK. I'm building up a stock of it 'cause I'm pretty sure they'll ban that next.:wink:

 

your right had forgotton weedol think pete mentioned it too,,the banned list gets a bigger and bigger Im sure I read bifentherin is going this year too.
A goo d ting I think...but does have its consequences for the farmers and nurseries (laws are obviouslety different for them but their arsenal is shrinking too)

 

We will be back to spraying with washing up liquid soon, but they will probably ban that as well.

If it carries on like this people will go back to making up their own mixes, and god knows what some of them will contain.

Apparently diesel works quite well on weeds, hate to think what it does to the soil though, but at least its not banned, just joking. :hehe:

 

So, what is SBK?

 

Have a look here VP.

http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/v3/sbk-brushwood-killer-concentrate-p-6401.html

 

Last year I was looking for a good persistent weed killer and control that was cheaper than Roundup as I had a very large area to treat in mum in law's garden and to treat it with Roundup would have cost an arm and a leg.
I posted a question on GC and one of the pro gardeners on here suggested I try 'Pistol'. It is used by local authorities etc for weed control. The smallest size isn't cheap, but it still works out a heck of a lot cheaper than anything you can buy in a shop(one litre treats 2,222 sq m) Furthermore it works very well and the area I treated last year (July I think) is still clear - though I may well need to apply another dose in a month or so.

This stuff is for use where you want NOTHING to grow and it is supposed to last for at least 6 months.

http://www.amenity.co.uk/webstore/p...ucts_id=102&osCsid=eol2al3b5qc4j85ekv6tv8ftu1

 

Excellent link from pete regarding SBK.
However, if you're going to use it on grass, keep to the instructions. It won't kill grass but it will make it look very ill for a little while if you use too much. Also, bear in mind, that this is basically "Agent Orange". From a personal point of view, I won't use it if there are any females in the area when I'm treating weeds.

 

I think I'm being thick - I don't understand!

 

You're too young, not thick !
Agent orange was a defoliant and herbicide used by the US during the Vietnam war mainly to reduce the cover provided by the jungle. It had some very nasty side effects on the population.