Wayne
We have a prolific growing season here in the NW
(grass cutting 2x a week is often required) and we have
about 6000 sqft of gravel driveway. We use the Roundup
and I've used the weed burner (primarily along fence lines),
but we mostly rely on a granular pre-emergent that we spread
on before the growing season. If we do it right, at the right
time and with good coverage, it really helps control weeds
for a full year.
Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Farrington" <w.farrington@verizon.net>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 3:24 PM
Subject: Weed killer or burn off the weeds?
|
| The short driveway to my shop and the parking in front of my shop is
| gravel. Every year I have to spray the boatload of weeds that come up
| through the gravel. I usually spray them with round-up. This works,
sort
| of. The next year they are back with a vengeance, sometimes sooner
than
| a year.
|
| I'm thinking about getting one of those long handled propane burners
and
| trying to burn the weeds off this year. There is little fire danger
| given the moist climate we are in. If nothing else it would be faster
| than waiting for the weed killer to finally kick in.
|
| Anybody burn off their weeds?
|
| Wayne
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