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Old 28-02-2007, 06:21 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default More info on moss killing please.

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:43:27 -0000, "Muddymike"
wrote:

All the talk of moss in lawns prompts me to ask if anyone can tell me of a
product that will kill moss on hard surfaces as we have it growing on walls,
paths and the house roof. Something which can be sprayed on that really does
kill it would be good as I have tried some chemicals from garden centres
without much success.

Mike

Jeyes Fluid will kill it for a while, but will stain concrete for a
while and the smell lingers.......

A pressure washer will remove it.

But nothing is permanent, although it's often said that a length of
bare copper wire along either side of the ridge will stop it growing
on the roof, but I have no personal experience. Apparently the tiny
amounts of copper leached out of the wire are enough to prevent moss
growth. If that's true, then a copper-based fungicide might prevent
its growth of paths etc. for quite a while.


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Chris

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