Pull them up by hand. If they are in the cracks of your sidewalk or driveway, it's not like pulling up a whole lawn. After a nice rain, it's actually quite relaxing and Zen-like. If you keep up with the weeding, it won't get overwhelming.
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 15 of 27
Thread: Organic Weed Killer that works?
Hybrid View
-
02-23-2009, 03:51 PM #1
Ain't Love a Surprise?
- Join Date
- Nov 2005
- Location
- Between the Blue Ridge and the Chesapeake Bay
- Posts
- 5,203
-
02-23-2009, 04:11 PM #2
Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2005
- Posts
- 2,309
out here we use corn gluten. But that is more of a pre-emmergant.
-
02-23-2009, 04:20 PM #3
back of the autobus
- Join Date
- Dec 2003
- Location
- Folsom CA
- Posts
- 5,667
Roundup is an herbicide, not a pesticide.
2009 Lynskey R230 Houseblend - Brooks Team Pro
2007 Rivendell Bleriot - Rivet Pearl
-
02-23-2009, 04:27 PM #4
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jan 2009
- Location
- mid-atlantic US
- Posts
- 112
Corn gluten to prevent seed setting, and vinegar for outright plant murder.
I ride my bicycle to ride my bicycle
-
02-23-2009, 05:30 PM #5
listen to the bees
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- Riding my Luna & Rivendell in the Hudson Valley, NY
- Posts
- 8,411
Like Tulip said- pull them by hand. If you do a good job you may only need to do it twice a year. A dandelion weeder/spade is a handy tool for it too:
dandelion weederLisa
My mountain dulcimer network...FOTMD.com...and my mountain dulcimer blog
My personal blog:My blog
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
02-25-2009, 11:37 AM #6
Now in the PNW
- Join Date
- Jun 2002
- Location
- Mrs. KnottedYet
- Posts
- 9,152
Weeding is great exercise also good for your range of motion
Originally Posted by tulip
And you can throw the weeds in the compost bin.
If that feels too organic for you; eat some junk food while you weed.
Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
Folder ~ Brompton
N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/
-
02-25-2009, 03:16 PM #7
gravel grindess
- Join Date
- Jul 2007
- Location
- foothills of the Ozarks aka Tornado Alley
- Posts
- 4,193
Blackberries are very tenacious plants. I hired a guy to bring his loader to wipe out a big patch of them growing in the backyard. You can't kill them short of a nuclear bomb.
-
02-26-2009, 05:14 AM #8
Small world, big life!
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Posts
- 3,867
Roundup doesn't work on poison ivy around these parts. You have to get the stuff specific to poison ivy. I buy it by the gallon!
Also, if you do have poison ivy in your yard, or get exposed to it some other way, there is this stuff called Tec-nu that washes the oil off (it's watered down zinc oxide, I think). You should wash right after you get exposed, because it can spread easily from point to point.
Karen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
insidious ungovernable cardboard
Reply With Quote
