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Old 12-05-2007, 06:59 PM posted to rec.gardens
George Shirley George Shirley is offline
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Default Propane weed burner question

Jack S wrote:
I've got a rock "lawn" and I would like to quit using herbicide for killing
weeds, and try scorching them instead.

There are a lot of weed / roofing torches on ebay and I was wondering if
there is anything to choose for or against in buying one. The one I'm
leaning toward getting says: "3000+ Fahrenheit" - that's enough, right?



Thanks


3000F? That's more than crematoriums use to burn a human corpse to ash.
I would expect something less than 1000F would kill your weeds with no
problems.

George