"Jake" wrote in message
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In general, weed killers need something to work on - above ground
growth. So you will need to allow everything to regrow. There are
products which will essentially prevent regrowth but these also
prevent anything from growing in the soil for at least 6 months.

Any cut vegetation will dry in time provided it is protected from
rain. All fire produces smoke. How much smoke depends on what you're
burning, whether or not it is totally dry all through and how much of
it there is. Check your local Byelaws for anything covering bonfires.
Things are different from place to place - some prohibit fires at all
times, some at certain times/ on certain days or within specific
distances of roads, boundaries etc. And make sure you have a good
hosepipe or plenty of buckets of water handy to extinguish if
necessary!

Many thanks. According to the council website there is no guidance for
having bonfires apart from "unless it causes a nuisance".

So presumably I let it grow a little, treat it and it dies, does this mean
that *that* particular weed growth is dead and gone and won't be back? I
know similar weeds will still grow back in other places, but that one's
gone, right??