On 3/24/2014 12:15 PM, Dan.Espen wrote:
Helen Middlemas writes:

Hi All, I am desperate for some help in killing grass off on an area we
spent a fortune on last year with membranes, large gravel etc only to
find that there is grass ever where we look. We have tried bleach,
salt, black discinfectant, boiling water and not a thing has worked.

The problem we think is we have is that our neighbours decided to seed a
brand new lawn last year. And every couple of weeks they were reseeding
it. Now we have patches of grass all over it.

The membrane was a good membrane and we did everything we should. In
the rear it worked ok. But in the front it is terrible.

Our front garden is not used, only to look at basically, but we need
something super super strong that will kill this grass once and for all.
We have tried pulling it out by hand and that has not stopped it at all
due to obviously remaining roots.

It cost hundreds of pounds to get it done which we really didn't have, a
huge amount of back breaking hours and it looks utterly dreadful.

Can anyone please recommend something which is fantastically strong and
will do the job. We have already spent quite a bit of money sorting it
out and are no further forward at all.

Roundup.

Salt is not a good idea.


Salt and strong acids can do a job on concrete. I suspect strong acetic
acid and even vinegar would do it to. Tried and true methods like
flame, Roundup and even covering completely from sun light would work.