"Cat(h)" wrote in message
oups.com...
The week end before last was exceptionally dry and sunny after a wet
period, here in the Eastern part ofthe Midlands of Ireland.
I therefore decided to treat my drive (compacted hardcore) and back
path (concrete slabs) with Pathclear to get rid of all weeds. 10 days
on, and I am practically taking the weeds' pulse for signs of
ill-health... How long does the stuff take to show results this time
of
year? Is this a bad time of year to use it?
I am not enamoured with chemical treatment where it can be helped, and
I have maintained the drive and back path by hand throughout the
summer, but being busy and bad weather means I have let it get on top
of me over the last couple of months.
Are there any effective alternative treatments?

Still on weeds, I took the hoe to the veg patch for what I figured
would be the last weeding session of the year. I did no different
from
what I would do during the summer, but instead of withering, the weeds
I topped with the hoe just seem to have recovered... and re-taken
root.
Is it because the sun is not about to bake them? Is it because it is
wetter now? Should I just forget about weeds till Spring? (and I
admit that if the answer to this is yes, I will be most willing to
oblige!!)

TIA!

Cat(h)
Herds twirl slow...

It will be a few weeks or even more before you see the effects of your
actions. For best results make such an application in the spring or
early summer when the weeds are growing and even then the weeds, in my
experience, will not be eradicated for a few weeks although, as you will
see, this site says differently:

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/garden-chemi...hclear/320381/

Regards,
Emrys Davies.