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Old 06-08-2007, 12:56 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Jeyes Fluid as weedkiller near wood?


In article ,
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| On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:53:08 GMT, Eddy Bentley
| wrote and included this (or
| some of this):
|
| Would any of you recommend or warn against using a suitable solution of
| Jeyes Fluid to deter grass and weeds growing alongside wood?
|
| A friend has suggested it would be better to use Jeyes than usual
| weedkillers because Jeyes, he says, is oily and it will help preserve
| the adjacent wood (by keeping moisture out of it).
|
| Apart from being not recommended, not legal, dangerous to cats and
| unlikely to do as you wish, I don't see a problem.

Assuming that you don't mind spending more money than needed, and
causing minor medium-term pollution, of course.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.