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Old 24-02-2008, 06:08 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Vinegar: a systemic herbicide?


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Eddy writes:
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| Nick & Jeff, thanks a lot. Well, because you say vinegar only "burns"
| that which it comes into contact with and it doesn't infiltrate the
| grass systemically (to reach the roots to deal with them as well) it
| would be a completely bloody foolish of me to use it. Planting a fairly
| large rock garden with dozens of heathers and ornamental grasses
| gathered and ordered from all over the place, only to have grass
| shooting up through it all a couple of months down the line, if not
| earlier, would be madness.

Yes. And it probably won't even kill the grass effectively.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.