"oldmolly" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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Flame gunning is a sheer waste of time. The roots simply regrow.

Not if you do it properly. The idea is simlpy to singe the top growth ,
you
have to do it more than once certainly, but eventually just as if you kept
cutting it, the root dies too. It is a recognised organic way to treat
weeds
if you don't want to use chemicals.

It does not work. Full stop. I have never managed to kill off a single
dandelion with a blowlamp, in spite of repeated attempts. Chemicals like
glyphosate do the trick quite neatly, with no known side effects worth
reporting on.

May I take it that you are consistent about your abhorrence of chemical
treatment of undesirable occurrences in biological systems and that you
therefore refuse to take "chemical" medicine which your doctor might
prescribe for you on occasion?

Franz