In uk.d-i-y Franz Heymann wrote:

"jerrybuilt " ] wrote in message
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Al wrote:
just had new turf put in. Some weeds have started to grow
through the grass.

What is the best and most economical lawn weedkiller? I'm
happy to use a watering can or pump spray to spread the
weedkiller.

To kill everything, slosh on some glyphosphate, or for longer
term treatment use sodium chloride. The whole lawn will go
brown and die quickly.

Souium chloride is table salt. Sodium chlotare is a totally annihilating

A little bit of proof reading would have made that comment more
convincing! :-) Sodium chlorate is the weedkiller, though sodium
chloride will of course kill most plants if sufficent is applied.


plantkiller. It is explosively inflammable. It is a poison. It leaves the
soil unusable for at least one whole season. Which did you mean to
recommend?

It's not inflammable itself but it's a very strong oxidising agent so
will explode with material that oxidises easily (like twigs etc. which
of course it's quite likely to come into contact with). What you can
buy nowadays at garden centres etc. is mixed with something inert to
reduce the chances of it exploding and also to reduce the possibility
of terrorists (or others) making bombs with it.

--
Chris Green )