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What non chemical or some chemical (that will not cause cancer if it gets on your skin) do you use to kill grass or weeds that come through/under pavers or rocks (we had a path put in a month ago and the handyman did not do a great job pulling all the grass before placing the pavers).
Also, do you have a home remedy (I read baking soda & water mixture could work?) that would remove the fuzzy white dots from the trunk of a crepe myrtle tree? The dots are on about 10% of the trunk.
I've read "boiling water" but I'm not exactly sure how you're supposed to get the tea kettle from the stove to the sidewalk without losing a lot of heat.
Gasoline works a right treat but it's hardly benign.
Anyone with older sidewalks and driveways has a certain amount of this. I just go over it with the weed whacker at each mowing. A few little weeds don't matter.
Unless you know what these "fuzzy white dots" are, it's just going to be a bunch of irrelevant guesses. I've lived with crape myrtles my whole life and I don't think I've ever seen this (or at least, never noticed it). My first wild guess would be some kind of powdery mildew. But that's just a WAG.
Most of the time, a plant that's located where it gets the right amount of sun, gets the right amount of water, good drainage, will not be adversely affected by a bit of mold or what have you. Crape myrtles are hell for stout and take a good deal of killing, so it's probably not something to worry about too much.
(that will not cause cancer if it gets on your skin)
Nothing you use will cause cancer upon dermal contact.
Don't splash whatever you end up using on your skin, and you will be fine.
If you do get it on your skin, wash it off with soap and water, and you will be fine.
What non chemical or some chemical (that will not cause cancer if it gets on your skin) do you use to kill grass or weeds that come through/under pavers or rocks (we had a path put in a month ago and the handyman did not do a great job pulling all the grass before placing the pavers).
Also, do you have a home remedy (I read baking soda & water mixture could work?) that would remove the fuzzy white dots from the trunk of a crepe myrtle tree? The dots are on about 10% of the trunk.
The label indicates it is listed for organic gardening.
I use it for lots of invasive species. It is the only herbicide that I have found that works on Russian Thistle and Knapweed.
It will pretty much kill anything within 24 hours. It does require reapplication every year, but after a few years, there are so few invasive species that it doesn't take much time.
I would NOT use it as a broadcast spray.
I really do not understand why it is so expensive??
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Try about a quart of white vinegar, mixed thoroughly with 1/2 cup of table salt. Then add a teaspoon of Dawn liquid dish soap, and stir. Spray when the sun is on the weeds/grasses. I have tried it and it works on brad leaf weeds, I have not tried it on grasses, but it's a cheap and safe for the environment. Only downside, the neighbors will think you were making pickles.
I've read "boiling water" but I'm not exactly sure how you're supposed to get the tea kettle from the stove to the sidewalk without losing a lot of heat.
I picked up one of those larger insulated pump-to-dispense coffee carafes at a garage sale and used that to haul "boiling" water to treat more obnoxious weeds. They stay hot a long time! The vinegar/salt mixture seems to work for most weeds that bother me enough to kill. Don't get it on any plants you like. It's pretty non-selectively toxic. I wouldn't re-treat the same area too often. The salt may build up in the soil over time and leach into non-target soil farther away.
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I use high strength vinegar straight and my weeds never come back. Now I am talking about your paver situation. I don't use it on or near anything I want to keep.
Amazon sells a variety of strengths. Sometimes I add a drop of Dawn too.
Hook it up to a BBQ type propane tank, light it off, and fry the weeds. It won't kill the roots though and eventually they will try to grow back. If you stay on it though, the roots will get starved of nutrients were provided by the leaves you burn and the roots will eventually die.
Or, you could put some gloves on and buy a bottle of Roundup.
Hook it up to a BBQ type propane tank, light it off, and fry the weeds. It won't kill the roots though and eventually they will try to grow back. If you stay on it though, the roots will get starved of nutrients were provided by the leaves you burn and the roots will eventually die.
Or, you could put some gloves on and buy a bottle of Roundup.
Roundup is environmentally horrific, and many weeds have developed a tolerance to it.
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