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Old 14-07-2014, 12:06 PM posted to alt.home.repair,alt.home.lawn.garden
Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 04:15:18 -0500, philo* wrote:




No way would I ever toxify my yard, I found that after a good rain it's
pretty easy to pull out the weeds roots and all.

A number of years ago garlic mustard took over and after a good rain,
those things came out with little effort and now that I've cleared the
yard , no more than three or four return each year.


How big is your yard? How well do your neighbors keep theirs so seeds
don't fly to your yard? Sometimes you need more than just pulling the
weeds, though there are better methods than just chemicals.