Land_girl said:

Personally I'd dig them out but I guess it depends on how much effort you want/can put in... round up would be a last resort for me especially if you plan on growing veggies etc.

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Hippo said:

Can yer pull nettles out one by one or is there one of thems long roots that go straight down the middle which makes them grow again?

As a temp solution eye may just pull them so eye can fill the garden bin with as much as eye can as soon as eye can ter make the best use of them coming ter empty it. Then eye can fight them when eye have more time.

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jamesmartin said:

why round up is inactivated with contact with soil, digging up means getting all the root not so easy, theres 2 types of weeds, thistle ,nettles and couch grass(twitch) benefit from systemic spray as it kills the root ,mechanical methods such as hoeing just increase regrowth other weeds can be controlled mechanically very successfully, i grow a lot of veggies so have to deal with lots of weeds

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Land_girl said:

Some people don't like to use chemicals in areas where they want to grow their veg. (May as well go to the shop and buy chemically covered veg). Glyphosate hangs around in the soil for a long time after the weeds have died... it's non specific... loads of reasons not to use it. But everyone to their own.
Besides, for some the reward is more than just growing veg. Digging/ weeding/ tending their plot is just as rewarding as the harvest they get.

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jamesmartin said:

glyphosate is non persistent and painting a few leaves isnt going to cause any harm except killing weed and root, i know about growing veggies and different weeds require different solutions,most of my weed control is mechanical but some weeds require more

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Land_girl said:

Based on @Hippo post it sounds like it's going to be a little more than 'painting a few leaves'

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Hippo said:

Eye have some roundup or resolver - which ever is the blue 3L tub - and had a go at spraying weeds and grass int me block paving. The grass is taking longer ter go but has gone yellow. Weeds have died but they have bigger leaves. Weeds living int rockery int small pebbles have shrunk after sprayin. They had big leaves so it worked faster.

Eye was conscious of using chemicals and trying not to. Eye now have a paving knife L shape hook thing to attack the block paving ter get the bigger weeds out and attack some of the moss int cracks..

While looking at YouTube eye spotted peeps burning weeds ont leaves and anything above soil. Letting me loose with a petrol burner may not end well but eye did see some peeps using an electric hot air gun. That got me thinking. Mine runs at 300 or 600 degrees c.

If eye cut the nettles near the soul and burn the remaining stem... will that kill the root under ground?

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Hippo said:

Eye have some roundup or resolver - which ever is the blue 3L tub - and had a go at spraying weeds and grass int me block paving. The grass is taking longer ter go but has gone yellow. Weeds have died but they have bigger leaves. Weeds living int rockery int small pebbles have shrunk after sprayin. They had big leaves so it worked faster.

Eye was conscious of using chemicals and trying not to. Eye now have a paving knife L shape hook thing to attack the block paving ter get the bigger weeds out and attack some of the moss int cracks..

While looking at YouTube eye spotted peeps burning weeds ont leaves and anything above soil. Letting me loose with a petrol burner may not end well but eye did see some peeps using an electric hot air gun. That got me thinking. Mine runs at 300 or 600 degrees c.

If eye cut the nettles near the soul and burn the remaining stem... will that kill the root under ground?

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Oldseadog said:

Teaweeds agud fur beaveridge, speshulli nekkles hand randidions

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Hippo said:

Eye have some roundup or resolver - which ever is the blue 3L tub - and had a go at spraying weeds and grass int me block paving. The grass is taking longer ter go but has gone yellow. Weeds have died but they have bigger leaves. Weeds living int rockery int small pebbles have shrunk after sprayin. They had big leaves so it worked faster.
Eye was conscious of using chemicals and trying not to. Eye now have a paving knife L shape hook thing to attack the block paving ter get the bigger weeds out and attack some of the moss int cracks..While looking at YouTube eye spotted peeps burning weeds ont leaves and anything above soil. Letting me loose with a petrol burner may not end well but eye did see some peeps using an electric hot air gun. That got me thinking. Mine runs at 300 or 600 degrees c.
If eye cut the nettles near the soul and burn the remaining stem... will that kill the root under ground?

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