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Old 29-11-2013, 04:42 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Killing moss and lichen on and between paviours

On 29/11/2013 15:59, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-29 14:10:25 +0000, Emery Davis said:

On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:12:47 +0000, Muddymike wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

I have recently been experimenting with using my old Sheen weed burner.
So far the results on the moss look promising.


Um, any reason not to just clean it with a Karcher?


Has a Karcher become the pressure washer equivalent of a Hoover?


Heh, in France it certainly is... At least since Sarkozy said he was
going to clean out the tough neighbourhoods with a Karcher. Which didn't
go over very well!

Anyway I still think a pressure washer is the right solution for this
kind of work. I've used it to clean moss and lichen off of stone and
brick walls, very easy.


I must be missing something here. I LIKE moss and lichen! I'm not
tallking about the green slippery fimy stuff but the hummocky pretty stuff.




So do I! I leave it wherever I can, but I have to admit I've got one
*very* mossy path on a slope which I must tackle. I really need to cut
back hard the evergreen trees which are creating it. Elsewhere, I leave
moss and lichen alone and simply admire it.

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