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  1. Spewy

    Spewy Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi Folks,

    You may find this post strange for a gardening site but here goes -

    I want to kill everything that grows in my garden. I inherited a very nice garden from the previous owners, but i just didn't have the time or know how to maintain it as it had been. Several years have past now, and I admit that all i do is keep it as tidy as i can.
    As you folks will know that is difficuly due to weeds.
    I have a few areas where i have just soil and rocks which looks tidy enough ( apart from the weeds ) and a drive with slabs and chips.

    Suppose the short question is how do i stop the weeds perminently?

    Much appreciate your replies.
     
  2. Fran

    Fran Gardener

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    Bottom line, you can't short of concreting over the whole area - not the most pleasing sight.

    What do you want from your garden space - cos that will kinda decide what you do next?.
     
  3. Spewy

    Spewy Apprentice Gardener

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    Fran,

    Just want as easy a life as possible. Will most likely lift the slabs etc
    So a very strong weed killer would do for now.
    Can you recommend something?
     
  4. Liz

    Liz Gardener

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    Hi, there are many longterm weedkillers available, none of them ecologically friendly. They usually claim to last about 6 months There are also ones like sodium chlorate, [showing my age here, not even sure if you can still buy it] which will poison the soil for ages. What about planting slow growing conifers, lots of low growing ones will smother weeds, with a few taller for contrast? Please don't kill everything!
     
  5. Nik

    Nik Gardener

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    Andy
    Go to a garden centre and get a 5L container of Glyphosate/Tumbleweed, call it what you like, with a little water pistol attached. It will cost about �£15.
    Walk around your patch, once a fortnight, and give a little squirt onto everything green you don't want. Its not too late to start now. In the winter months you can make it every 4 weeks. It works on everything from pine trees, brambles, woody things, nettles, dandylions, the lot. By next summer you will have a brown desert. Honest. And the soil won't be poisoned. Then you can plan your garden.
    Nik
     
  6. Spewy

    Spewy Apprentice Gardener

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