I am completing my second weeding of our gravel driveway over this weekend. Now that the bigger weeds, like dandelion, have been taken care of it just leaves the tiny grass weeds that are too small right now to be bothered about.
But they will keep growing and I guess I will have to do another sweep in three weeks time. It would be best to kill them off if possible. I dislike using chemical weedkillers if at all possible.
Fiona's sis mentioned potato water, which is a new one to me I must confess.
Does anybody know of alternatives?
Never knowingly underfed
Thanks, Nadine and Josie.
I know the type of flame gun you mean, Josie. We don't have one. We do have a cookery thingy for caramelising creme brulee etc. that we have never used. I must get that out and test. I read somewhere that the best method is to wilt the weeds and not attempt to totally incinerate them.
Never knowingly underfed
That is what I would suggest anyway. Works well and easier than hand weeding
Danny, wilting probably uses less gas. We always put the teens on weed patrol, and they always totally FRIED the weeds. They usually don't come back when they've been incinerated.
The teens used the welding torch for lots of weeds, and the lighter thingy (technical term, LOL) when there were only a few. I've used boiling water for weeds between pavers or bricks.
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