Weed Killers You Use and Recommend

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  1. Mowerman

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    I've gained quite an arsenal/array of various weedkiller from Bayer. Their Super Strength stuff is 66% Glyphosate is my favourite but takes a long time for results on certain weeds and there seems to be a lot of negative reviews on Amazon about it.

    Also got 5 litres of Clinic Ace agricultural strength stuff which is only 41% Glyphosate and people go crazy over the stuff, even when it is diluted as recommended to low strength levels.

    Do you have something better in your arsenal? Or have you got a sprayers license? And dare I ask if you know somewhere that sells stuff that is more potent than glyphosate that the public can buy without checkup up on spraying licenses?
     
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    I don't think there is anything else stronger than Glyphosate that's legal Mowerman. With difficult plants/weeds it usually takes a few applications anyway. I have recently come across a recipe for a home made and more ecologically friendly killer that I'm told is very good but I'm not sure if the components of that are legal in the EU either.
     
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      Thanks for your help. A gardening partner got 5L of some stuff last year that wasn't Glyphosate and he's thrown the container away so not sure what it was. It was evil stuff that took a while to work but nothing would grow back on sprayed areas for a good few months. Guess it's since been banned, which is understandable as the effect some agricultural weed weedkillers are having on bee populations. And without bees, we'll all be resorting to eating each other (and not in a sexy fashion).
       
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        I pity the poor soul who gets me to eat @Mowerman. :) Old tough meat but I might be okay for a nice bit of crackling! And whoever is reading this the wrong way, go scrub your minds clean! :heehee:
         
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