Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on December 24, 2014, 08:55:31 am
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Bit of a strange question but had anyone tried killing weeds on drive and paths with steam from a hotbox type machine.
I have killed grass where my hot solution line has trailed across the lawn while cleaning.
This got me thinking about offering 'environmentally & pet safe' weed killing using steam, I often get asked about how safe the weedkiller is for pets and I think chemical free weed killing would be very popular.
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I think steam will only kill off the leaves and stem above ground, I doubt it would penetrate enough to frazzle to roots. Nice idea tho...
Darran
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It doesn't kill them Mike, just burns them. I have burnt grass (luckily my own) with hot pressure hose but it grows back in no time.
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Vinegar ...will kill most plants/weeds. Mix with fairy liquid to make it stick to the leaves (wetting agent).
Glyphosate mixed correctly is safe around pets etc and is rapidly Bio-degradable.
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Vinegar ...will kill most plants/weeds. Mix with fairy liquid to make it stick to the leaves (wetting agent).
Glyphosate mixed correctly is safe around pets etc and is rapidly Bio-degradable.
Any idea if it will do any harm to a (Human?) if Acetic Acid and Fairy Liquid is given intravenously??? ;D ;D
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I looked in a medical dictionary and the prognosis is 2-3 months in hospital washing dishes but at least its kind to the hands ;D
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I looked in a medical dictionary and the prognosis is 2-3 months in hospital washing dishes but at least its kind to the hands ;D
Nice thought that 2-3 months of peace ??? :D
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Knowing my luck there would be a short cross dressing fruit loop with a large plastic item stuck in a dark place in the next bed door.
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There is a machine that claims to do weed killing
Meclean - who make different types of Pressure Washers - extras such as Steam Plus and Weed Plus which claims to be an environmentally friendly way to kill weeds down to the roots.
I have a PDF file - email me and I will send you a copy
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Vinegar ...will kill most plants/weeds. Mix with fairy liquid to make it stick to the leaves (wetting agent).
Glyphosate mixed correctly is safe around pets etc and is rapidly Bio-degradable.
I did that, and the vinegar makes the ground acidic, so encourages weed growth. They came back even stronger :( Calcium spread into the ground makes the soil alkaline, and is less ideal for weeds.
Believe me, I'm an expert, because I watched a gardening programme on BBC 3 once 8)
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