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1. Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "Wayne Farrington" <w.farrington@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:24:52 -0700
The short driveway to my shop and the parking in front of my shop is gravel. Every year I have to spray the boatload of weeds that come up through the gravel. I usually spray them with round-up. This
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00026.html (7,325 bytes)

2. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett@centurytel.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:36:54 -0500
I have tried it, they came back quicker than if using roundup -- John another one of them *.?-!.* cub owners
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00027.html (7,710 bytes)

3. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0400
Wouldn't it be less work in the long run to make the gravel thicker? -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00028.html (7,362 bytes)

4. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA" <gsteve@hammatt.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:43:39 -0700
We have a prolific growing season here in the NW (grass cutting 2x a week is often required) and we have about 6000 sqft of gravel driveway. We use the Roundup and I've used the weed burner (primari
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00029.html (7,812 bytes)

5. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: BSHolden@aol.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:02:56 EDT
Though I haven't tried it, I have read that powdered chlorine, such as used in swimming pool systems, has a residual effect inhibiting plant growth for several years. Much like "salting the earth". C
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00030.html (9,167 bytes)

6. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: Steve Shipley <shiples@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:25:53 -0700
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00031.html (8,095 bytes)

7. RE: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "Peter Schauss" <schauss@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:13:00 -0400
About 10 years ago I stored my boat in my back yard two winters in a row. Each spring, I lifted the boat off of the trailer with jacks and 4x10s, sanded the bottom, and applied a fresh coat of anti-f
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00032.html (9,904 bytes)

8. RE: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:49:11 -0700
Which reminded me of something. Years ago I used to buy a petroleum solvent called Varsol in bulk at the gas station. I used it to clean motorcycle parts, it was kind of like paint thinner. You could
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00033.html (9,839 bytes)

9. RE: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:48:06 -0700
Anti-fouling paint at least used to contain copper, which is poisonous to most if not all plants and lasts a long, long time. You could probably achieve the same effect with copper-based swimming po
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00034.html (8,798 bytes)

10. RE: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "Rich White" <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:36:48 -0500
Can those of us that are trying to eleminate grass from an area borrow you boat? %^) Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA '63 TR3B TCF587L That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car! See it moves! --
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00035.html (8,973 bytes)

11. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: "Wayne Farrington" <w.farrington@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:16:53 -0700
I'm about an hour south of you, Steve. What exactly is the growing season here? It seems to me stuff never stops growing around here. I feel like I spend half my life running weedeaters and like equi
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00036.html (10,154 bytes)

12. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:53:19 -0700
That would be something like "Preen" I've noticed, when using that stuff, that your timing has to be pretty good; you need to put it down before the seeds start sprouting, but not so early that it w
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00037.html (8,418 bytes)

13. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: Drew Rogge <drew@pixar.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:14:53 -0700
When we had our yard landscaped we tried a weed burner for awhile but gave up. The problem is that the burner doesn't get the roots and the plant just grows back. But I wanted to pass along the theor
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00038.html (8,866 bytes)

14. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: Pat Horne <pjhorne@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:52:22 -0500
Here in Texas we use Corn Gluten as a pre-emergent. Generic is a lot cheaper than the brand name stuff and seems to work just as well. Peace, Pat -- -- Support Habitat for Humanity - a hand UP, not a
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00039.html (8,509 bytes)

15. Re: Weed killer or burn off the weeds? (score: 1)
Author: Steve Shipley <shiples@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:11:41 -0700
We have three houses in a row in Seattle that my dad worked on from the time he bought the property in 1937 until he died. I do the lawn for two houses and in the spring you have to keep after it. In
/html/shop-talk/2006-06/msg00040.html (8,661 bytes)


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