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Mrs HMS
09-12-2008, 07:50 PM
I hear salt works well. If you check out the organic gardening thread...there's some advice in there somewhere. ;)

The Local Gardener
09-12-2008, 08:18 PM
Hello to you all. Hope all of you are well!! :wave-hi:

I have a couple of child care centres I look after and very rarely I am asked to spray weed kill!! Not to fond of doing this kind of practise, however, it needs to be done.!!

Is there anyone in the country who might no of a better, safer solution.? At the moment I am using the ever trusting Zero. I did read the previous thread on weed kill, but all products I find are very a like..

The Local Gardener..

chatza
10-12-2008, 06:45 AM
Im testing out how salt works in paving. ive just relayed the pavers in my backyard so i bought 2kg of salt and mixed it in with the sand. will be interesting to see if it works in theory it should just gotta keep it from leaching into the garden.

total turf management
10-12-2008, 10:15 AM
i saw at a hardware staore they are now doing a wand/lance that you connect a bottle of gas to (similar to the butane gas burners) and apply heat to the weeds. A bit like spot spraying but no chemicals being used. should be good for small areas'

Bluey
10-12-2008, 06:43 PM
i saw at a hardware staore they are now doing a wand/lance that you connect a bottle of gas to (similar to the butane gas burners) and apply heat to the weeds. A bit like spot spraying but no chemicals being used. should be good for small areas'

Damn good idea TTM. Any idea what hardware store it was as I have not seen them. Might buy one and give it a run

total turf management
10-12-2008, 08:58 PM
magnet mart was the hardware store.i will check it out in the next couple of days and let you know

Mrs HMS
10-12-2008, 10:37 PM
Actually I've found that steam works well, especially for larger areas. No chemical residue, no salt to leech into the soil.

Years ago I bought a steam dream and so long as you have access to mains power (and a nice long extension lead), you can cover quite a large area quite quickly.

m287j
11-12-2008, 08:12 PM
Try this website out, totally organic products including weed kill, not cheap but it may be what you need.

http://www.certifiedorganics.info/

The Local Gardener
14-12-2008, 09:33 PM
Thanks m287j and to all who have responded.

glassngrass
15-12-2008, 06:11 AM
You are right m27j - not cheap. Otherwise, looks great.

http://www.certifiedorganics.info/pdfs/Order%20Form.pdf
15 ltr BioWeedTM Herbicide $143.00 (inc GST & delivery)
227 ltr BioWeedTM Herbicide $1498.20 (inc GST & delivery)

http://www.certifiedorganics.info/images/BWC_Apps.pdf

Start with 1 litre of BioWeed™ Control added for
every 4 litres of water: This is a (20% mix).
• 5 Litre Tank = 4 Litres of Water and 1 Litres of
BioWeed™ Control.
• 10 Litre Tank = 8 Litres of Water and 2 Litres of
BioWeed™ Control.

So each 15ltr tank of mix would cost $28.60 (or $19.80 if you buy bulk)

Roundup at 10mL/Litre, a 20/25Ltr drum at perhaps $400. Each 15Ltr knapsack would cost about $2.50-$3.00

I won't be changing over in a hurry.

Bluey
15-12-2008, 09:52 PM
Sssshhhh......you will wake the Tassy ghost. ;frosty; ;frosty; ;frosty;

glassngrass
15-12-2008, 10:09 PM
Don't you mean ;dealers; - the double header ???

glassngrass
30-06-2009, 09:49 AM
This little gadget might be the 'trick' for steaming weeds to death!

240 volt & long handle - wouldn't recommend dragging across wet grass, but might be economical enough to be worth giving a good try out.

Sold by crazysales.com.au and about $75-00 plus postage.

Anybody currently using these?

Glenofcarwoola
30-06-2009, 10:02 AM
boiling water straight from the jug works much better than steam, and its alot more portable too.