"sweetheart" hotmail.com wrote in message
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Hello,

A quick question really. Has anyone used one of those weed torch gadgets
? - they have a gas can and are like a blow torch on a long handle

I would like to know if they are worth getting , are effective and on
what kind and how big a weed ( or weeds). Are they easy to use?

I have tried countless times to get rid of all sorts of weeds in my garden
with weed killer but the stuff seems to lack guts these days and was
wondering if fire might be the answer.

I tried a blow torch which was a torch powered by a large gas cylinder, but
it did not do any permanent damage to the weeds, they just grew back again
after a while, I have put my faith in weedfillers, but you have to choose
the right one they do not all work very well, I'm currently using Roundup
which seems to have killed the couch grass down to the roots, so I shall
continue with that untill it all grows back again!

Alan