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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JSMC on May 14, 2010, 11:24:22 pm

Title: decent weed killers
Post by: JSMC on May 14, 2010, 11:24:22 pm
none of the overpriced crap from diy stores
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: Pristine Clean on May 15, 2010, 05:14:39 am
you need to be licenced and trained to use weed killer o property that ytou are being paid to do.
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: JSMC on May 15, 2010, 08:14:09 am
i know but how many of us are? red tape and taxthats all that is if ye aske me
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: BDCS on May 15, 2010, 11:54:43 am
Quote that in court as it'll bound to get you off - I've booked my course after 6 years of dodging
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: JSMC on May 15, 2010, 07:11:29 pm
i dont think i will be going on a course just for spraying some weed killer on one driveway. country has gone mad
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: BDCS on May 15, 2010, 08:25:10 pm
Glyphogan £37 / 5ltrs - 1 cap per knapsack full and lasts all year
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: kordun on May 15, 2010, 09:56:45 pm
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROUNDUP-PRO-BIACTIVE-360G-GLYPHOSATE-WEEDKILLER-1-LITRE-/130362402777?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item1e5a3467d9
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: pt on May 15, 2010, 11:55:02 pm
Words of wisdom from an ex greenkeepers. Roundup. Everytime.
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: BDCS on May 16, 2010, 09:20:55 am
Is round up not just a pre diluted version of glyphogan ?
Title: Re: decent weed killers
Post by: gwrightson on May 17, 2010, 03:50:12 pm
round up you can buy from diy stores is not the same as round up from an agrichemical distributer, as already stated to apply many of the agrichemicals a licence is required, a proficiency test has to be obtained, the operater should wear protective clothing and appropiate masks depending on product a record of amount purchased, where stored  , where applied etc etc. I did a number of years ago work as a crop spray operator working with every kind of chemical imaginable .most now banned completly cccp, been one of them, by far the most dangerous were infact the pesticides.
We did infact use to have a mixture of cccp and deisel sprayed by helicopter to control thye growth of bracken, this worked wonders on any thing but round up is basicly safe and its effect is good if applied correctly because it is systemic , killing the weeds at its source , the roots although this can take upto a fortnight, for instant results gramoxone is the one but weeds will return.

geoff