[Shop-talk] Recommendations on yard sprayer

[Peter Murray]

In addition to spraying, take a look at Preen Weed Preventer. It is very
effective at preventing germination, so the weeds never appear.

-Peter

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 3:35 PM Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > I have this thing:
> >
> >
> https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/262df14e-86b7-4bdf-8f8f-da9499c09315_2.92f2350fc4e1bca90c0192173c0ef9a5.jpeg?odnWidth=undefined&odnHeight=undefined&odnBg=ffffff
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Anybody have a sprayer that can cover some area they recommend?
> >
> > Scott
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