Calling all gardeners - stopping weeds forever.

[langy71]

Concrete the whole area.... no weeds....ever...lol

[stillp]

Concrete the whole area.... no weeds....ever...lol

Until it cracks.

[Andy T]

Thanks Pete & Dave.

That's given me an idea actually. The unit next door to ours is occupied by some groundsmen that do football & cricket pitches, racecourses etc. They might have something tucked away.

I asked one of them for a handful of grass seed one day for a bare patch on my lawn. He offered me a 25kg bag :smiling5: They get through pallet loads a week in sowing season.

[minitnkr]

Roundup is in litigation here due to a high incidence of cancer occurrences in folks who used it regularly. A friend of mine beat his cancer. He used roundup while working for a gardener through college.

[Ian M]

Not in the market names in the UK but once you have go rid of the weeds that are growing you need to spray with a 'pre emergant ' type.
Keeper might be one.
With what you have done and weeds will be airborne seeding which should be easy to take care of.

[Andy T]

Cheers Ian.

We're seeing nothing but rain here at the moment which has put a dampener :rolling: on any garden activities I had planned anyway.

[Waspie]

The only way to permanently eradicate weeds in my opinion is to remove all the old soil and replace. I bought a place that had a massive weed problem. Took advice from a professional and his advice was to replace the soil. THEN put a membrane over and cover with gravel. It worked.
However, you still won't stop airborne delivered seeds/spores from dropping on your new surface. But that can be removed mechanically, (hoe) or chemically. For that I use 'root blaster'!! (Worked for me).
PS, Round Up and other chemicals using glyphosate herbicides, are scheduled to be banned from 2025!!!!

[Lee Drennen]

20 % white vinegar

Add salt to the vinegar for that extra kick apply on hot days with no rain in site. You can tell John is a old school gardener lol.

[JR]

There used to be a pre-emergence weedkiller that killed them as soon as they germinated, but it was taken off the market as too dangerous. As JR said, most weeds come from airborne seeds anyway, so I don't think you can do anything except try to keep on top of them. A flame gun helps... (surprised JR didn't suggest that!)
Pete

Pete , who me ?

[Peter Gillson]

The only way to permanently eradicate weeds in my opinion is to remove all the old soil and replace. I bought a place that had a massive weed problem. Took advice from a professional and his advice was to replace the soil. THEN put a membrane over and cover with gravel. It worked.
However, you still won't stop airborne delivered seeds/spores from dropping on your new surface. But that can be removed mechanically, (hoe) or chemically. For that I use 'root blaster'!! (Worked for me).
PS, Round Up and other chemicals using glyphosate herbicides, are scheduled to be banned from 2025!!!!

Glysophate has been banned in Guernsey since December!

[colin m]

I'm a bit of a gardener, the chap I used to work with definitely wasn't. His answer to any gardening issue was concrete.

[langy71]

His answer to any gardening issue was concrete.

I like him already

[Andy T]

I'm not a gardener Colin, I follow in my dad's footsteps. He would have been quite happy with green concrete, or maybe this plastic grass that seems to be taking over.

[minitnkr]

Ivy seems to conquer weeds. I've been letting it take over the front lawn for the past few years & have cut down my mowing by a third.

[simontie]

I'm not a gardener Colin, I follow in my dad's footsteps. He would have been quite happy with green concrete, or maybe this plastic grass that seems to be taking over.

My sister has plastic grass so she wouldn't have to cut the grass anymore, ironically she now washes and hovers it (vacuums it) as its not biological nothing degrades on it!!! Bird droppings and the like
seems like a step forward to me!