[Shop-talk] Recommendations on yard sprayer

[Paul Parkanzky]

I'm working on creating a border around my barn so I can mow without
trimming so I've been researching the same issue.

Most of those sprayers have an adjustment at the tip to go from a
stream to a wider pattern. Twisting the tip on that thing doesn't
change anything?

If that doesn't work then get yourself another sprayer. Then buy
something like this:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RM43-32-oz-Total-Vegetation-Control-Weed-Killer-and-Preventer-Concentrate-76502/205748220

There are a ton of brands out there. Hose the area down with something
like that and everything will be dead within a couple weeks and stay
that way until next year.

-Paul

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:52 PM Scott Hall
<scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have this thing:
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> https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/262df14e-86b7-4bdf-8f8f-da9499c09315_2.92f2350fc4e1bca90c0192173c0ef9a5.jpeg?odnWidth=undefined&odnHeight=undefined&odnBg=ffffff
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> I'm trying to keep weeds at bay--in the driveway and near the garage, and in those rocks in my previous post which sprout grass each spring. My plan was to use that sprayer to hose down the rock garden with a mixture of vinegar and salt and kill the little bastards before they germinated.
>
> That sprayer is useless for that--it produces a tiiny, thin spray that is really only useful for individual tiny weeds in cracks in pavement. And even that takes forever.
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> The 'rocked area' is maybe 2000 sq. ft. total, and I want to inundate the area--I pulled them all by hand this year or used a driveway/roofing torch to burn them away but they're already re-sprouting.
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> Anybody have a sprayer that can cover some area they recommend?
>
> Scott