Verdone is what I tried initially but it?s expensive and the stuff available to the public seems pretty ineffective (or I wasn?t using it correctly). Whatever, paying someone else to do all the treatment 4 times a year works for me and gives far better results than I ever achieved.
Tim
No idea about price of green thumb but our firm treats our lawn four time a year at about £30 a time. Lawn looks very good.
Tm
Hormone weed sprays work best in ideal growing conditions, ample moisture, warm days and nights. This needs to coincide with the ideal target weed growth stage:-)
I have a knapsack sprayer which feeds a bar having 4 nozzles. Covering about 4'0" and used at walking speed it is possible to apply chemicals at the rate they were developed for: around 80 litres/ acre diluted. You can't do this with a watering can or very well with a single nozzle.
that is why a reguylar selective weed and feed is the answer.
The ground is 'poisoned' against dandelions and they wont germinate
Thats a bit more thorough than I am doing. But ues, definitely KEEP AT IT.
One years seed = 7 years weed. The tenants probably hasn't bothered to cut the grass regularly so the entire lawn is infested with dandelion seeds waiting to germinate.
Paraquat the whole lot next may and re-turf.
Umm.. banned in the uk I think. Also only kills the green bits leaving the roots to recover.
Roundup next May might be better but you will be laying turf on dead plant/roots rather than clean soil.
My approach.
I dig out the worst of the thistles and dandelions, but most other plants can stay.
_Especially_ the bee orchids.
Andy
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