My concrete guy said he used muriatic acid on stubborn weeds and they never came back...
Gonna try it. I won't use that cancer juice on my property (except for stubborn invasive vines - the end of the vine goes right into a jug of it and it wicks it up & kills the whole vine)
Long... stone driveways suck with these weeds... dragging it and regrading it sucks. Hopefully the acid works. White vinegar and salt worked just okay...
yeah and grass has taken over our nice driveway-side French drain for the rain water flow! During covid I tried to dig out between the rocks and dig out the drains across the end of the driveway. Guess what, the grass grew back and the drains are filled again! So we had a gully-washer and water got into the basement!
One thing that might help a little is put down a pre-emergent in the spring. I have a gravel driveway and the weeds suck. I hand pull most of them since I have a big pine tree I don't want to kill. One variety does seem to have gotten better with that method, not as many growing. I did a pre-emergent this year and at least there were a lot fewer dandelions in that area. Still have some of the other weeds though. (Edit, my driveway is only about 45', your 700' has me beat!) 2nd edit - see if there's someplace that rents out goats to eat the vegetation. They have that around here.
What's "pre-emergent" exactly? Time release RoundUp or something? I really don't want to use any type of gylosphate
Just unloaded a few dozen goats. Too cute to kill...AND goats don't work the way most think they do...They browse. Sheep graze in a straight line/formation - goats do whatever the hell they want - mostly something naughty...like climbing on top of buildings...and making lots of milk duds
It’s specifically called a pre-emergent, and they don’t contain glyphosate. Preen is probably the most well known example. A natural one is corn gluten meal, but that costs more than others. That’s what I used in my backyard, I used Preen and another granular type one on my gravel area.
My concrete guy said he used muriatic acid on stubborn weeds and they never came back...
Gonna try it. I won't use that cancer juice on my property (except for stubborn invasive vines - the end of the vine goes right into a jug of it and it wicks it up & kills the whole vine)
Long... stone driveways suck with these weeds... dragging it and regrading it sucks. Hopefully the acid works. White vinegar and salt worked just okay...
Careful with the muriatic acid! Had some leak onto my travertine and put a nice small crater on my nice big travertine 😭
Yeah...they were out of hydrofluoric...so yanno
yes stuff like that works on landscapes; we haven't used stuff on our lawn for decades. I like the clover and dandelions!
I don't care about the lawn....It's too big - mostly dandelions & onions lol
But the stone driveway...yeah...Gotta keep that knocked down.
yeah and grass has taken over our nice driveway-side French drain for the rain water flow! During covid I tried to dig out between the rocks and dig out the drains across the end of the driveway. Guess what, the grass grew back and the drains are filled again! So we had a gully-washer and water got into the basement!
Fun stuff...
Gasoline works fine.
You can also burn them with a large propane torch.
700' long driveway....I'd have to start over once I got all the way down to the end again...
Just use gas in your garden sprayer or put the propane bottle in the back of your side by side or 4- wheeler.
One thing that might help a little is put down a pre-emergent in the spring. I have a gravel driveway and the weeds suck. I hand pull most of them since I have a big pine tree I don't want to kill. One variety does seem to have gotten better with that method, not as many growing. I did a pre-emergent this year and at least there were a lot fewer dandelions in that area. Still have some of the other weeds though. (Edit, my driveway is only about 45', your 700' has me beat!) 2nd edit - see if there's someplace that rents out goats to eat the vegetation. They have that around here.
What's "pre-emergent" exactly? Time release RoundUp or something? I really don't want to use any type of gylosphate
Just unloaded a few dozen goats. Too cute to kill...AND goats don't work the way most think they do...They browse. Sheep graze in a straight line/formation - goats do whatever the hell they want - mostly something naughty...like climbing on top of buildings...and making lots of milk duds