Hi All,

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one
of my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using
sodium chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended
course of action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers
to be favored instead?

Thanks

Gerry

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one of
my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using sodium
chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended course of
action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers to be favored
instead?

Thanks

Gerry

I think you mean Sodium ChlorATE not Sodium ChlorIDE. The former you put on
weeds and the latter you sprinkle on your dinner but never the other way
around :-)

You can still buy Sodium Chlorate. It is fine for paths, but lingers in the
soil which is not a bad thing for a path. Basically is not very nice stuff
and fairly cheap. You can also use Glyphosate (the generic not the brand
name version which is much more expensive) weedkiller.

However, nothing seems to be a permanent solution and weeds still keep
popping up. I tend to alternate between the two different weedkillers. You
could always make a path over some permeable membrane which is more
effective in the long term, but you will still get the odd weed seed or two
settling and rooting.
--
David
.... Email address on website http://www.avisoft.co.uk
.... Blog at http://dlts-french-adventures.blogspot.com/

"Cuprager" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one of
my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using sodium
chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended course of
action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers to be favored
instead?
Thanks
Gerry

Sodium chloride is the major constituent of common salt, and is found in
seawater..
I expect you mean sodium chlorate which, treated with a fire suppressant, is
used as a weedkiller. Buy it in bulk and it should be cheaper than the
modern weedkillers. If you have my luck, in a short time you'll clear your
path, and then in a year or less, you'll get a different crop of weeds...

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK



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Malcolm Stewart wrote:
"Cuprager" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one of
my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using sodium
chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended course of
action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers to be favored
instead?
Thanks
Gerry

Sodium chloride is the major constituent of common salt, and is found in
seawater..
I expect you mean sodium chlorate which, treated with a fire suppressant, is
used as a weedkiller. Buy it in bulk and it should be cheaper than the
modern weedkillers. If you have my luck, in a short time you'll clear your
path, and then in a year or less, you'll get a different crop of weeds...

Trying to keep the weeds of my block paviours is hopeless. A good dose
of sodium chlorate ( purchased in large tub from local garden centre)
kills the weed off but they are back in a few weeks. I have found the
best way is to treat with SC in the Spring then use
Glyphosate periodically during the Summer when necessary.

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:18:31 +0100, Broadback
wrote:

Malcolm Stewart wrote:
"Cuprager" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one of
my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using sodium
chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended course of
action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers to be favored
instead?
Thanks
Gerry

Sodium chloride is the major constituent of common salt, and is found in
seawater..
I expect you mean sodium chlorate which, treated with a fire suppressant, is
used as a weedkiller. Buy it in bulk and it should be cheaper than the
modern weedkillers. If you have my luck, in a short time you'll clear your
path, and then in a year or less, you'll get a different crop of weeds...

Trying to keep the weeds of my block paviours is hopeless. A good dose
of sodium chlorate ( purchased in large tub from local garden centre)
kills the weed off but they are back in a few weeks. I have found the
best way is to treat with SC in the Spring then use
Glyphosate periodically during the Summer when necessary.

Glyphosate, Sodium Chlorate.......nutty professor. If you hate nature
that much, why not just buy a picture? Better still, get a girlfriend,
or in Andy Mabbets case, a boyfriend.








Jim Webster,Barrow-in-Furness farmer,troll & president of Cumbria CLA.
would you let your children near this person? see
http://tinyurl.com/kgbnf
now in the sixth year of raving about Pat Gardiner and
still no result.

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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:37:32 +0100, Jim Webster wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:18:31 +0100, Broadback
wrote:

Malcolm Stewart wrote:
"Cuprager" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one of
my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using sodium
chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended course of
action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers to be favored
instead?
Thanks
Gerry

Sodium chloride is the major constituent of common salt, and is found in
seawater..
I expect you mean sodium chlorate which, treated with a fire suppressant, is
used as a weedkiller. Buy it in bulk and it should be cheaper than the
modern weedkillers. If you have my luck, in a short time you'll clear your
path, and then in a year or less, you'll get a different crop of weeds...

Trying to keep the weeds of my block paviours is hopeless. A good dose
of sodium chlorate ( purchased in large tub from local garden centre)
kills the weed off but they are back in a few weeks. I have found the
best way is to treat with SC in the Spring then use
Glyphosate periodically during the Summer when necessary.

Glyphosate, Sodium Chlorate.......nutty professor. If you hate nature
that much, why not just buy a picture? Better still, get a girlfriend,
or in Andy Mabbets case, a boyfriend.








Jim Webster,Barrow-in-Furness farmer,troll & president of Cumbria CLA.
would you let your children near this person? see
http://tinyurl.com/kgbnf
now in the sixth year of raving about Pat Gardiner and
still no result.

Need to complain about employees bringing Country Land and Business Association
into disrepute? Why not contact us at
Country Land and Business Association

16 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PQ

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7235 0511
Fax: +44 (0)20 7235 4696
E-mail:


David Fursdon – President


Phone: 020 7235 0511
FAX: 020 7235 4696
Email


Henry Aubrey-Fletcher – Deputy President


Phone: 020 7235 0511
FAX: 020 7235 4696
Email


William Worsley – Vice President


Phone: 020 7235 0511
FAX: 020 7235 4696
Email


No Mabbettry in demon.local!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's in the FAQ 'n Charter!

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other groups which he regularly crossposts to. He's created a false FAQ
and charter" (Chris Lawrence in uk.rec.walking)

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Paul {Hamilton Rooney} wrote:
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:37:32 +0100, Jim Webster wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:18:31 +0100, Broadback
wrote:

Malcolm Stewart wrote:
"Cuprager" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one of
my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using sodium
chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended course of
action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers to be favored
instead?
Thanks
Gerry

Sodium chloride is the major constituent of common salt, and is found in
seawater..
I expect you mean sodium chlorate which, treated with a fire suppressant, is
used as a weedkiller. Buy it in bulk and it should be cheaper than the
modern weedkillers. If you have my luck, in a short time you'll clear your
path, and then in a year or less, you'll get a different crop of weeds...

Trying to keep the weeds of my block paviours is hopeless. A good dose
of sodium chlorate ( purchased in large tub from local garden centre)
kills the weed off but they are back in a few weeks. I have found the
best way is to treat with SC in the Spring then use
Glyphosate periodically during the Summer when necessary.

Glyphosate, Sodium Chlorate.......nutty professor. If you hate nature
that much, why not just buy a picture? Better still, get a girlfriend,
or in Andy Mabbets case, a boyfriend.








Jim Webster,Barrow-in-Furness farmer,troll & president of Cumbria CLA.
would you let your children near this person? see
http://tinyurl.com/kgbnf
now in the sixth year of raving about Pat Gardiner and
still no result.

Need to complain about employees bringing Country Land and Business Association
into disrepute? Why not contact us at
Country Land and Business Association

16 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PQ

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7235 0511
Fax: +44 (0)20 7235 4696
E-mail:


David Fursdon – President


Phone: 020 7235 0511
FAX: 020 7235 4696
Email


Henry Aubrey-Fletcher – Deputy President


Phone: 020 7235 0511
FAX: 020 7235 4696
Email


William Worsley – Vice President


Phone: 020 7235 0511
FAX: 020 7235 4696
Email


No Mabbettry in demon.local!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's in the FAQ 'n Charter!

Quite.
--
ah

"Cuprager" wrote in message

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over
one
of my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using
sodium chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended
course of action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type
weedkillers
to be favored instead?

I've just used boiling water with great results. Make a cuppa then
take a walk with the kettle. It takes a while to do a whole path but
it's cheap and effective.

Cuprager wrote:
Hi All,

I am looking to kill some nasty weeds that keep popping up all over one
of my paths (old fashioned block path). I remember a relative using
sodium chloride to sort his weeds out; is that still the recommended
course of action or are the new (expensive) pathclear type weedkillers
to be favored instead?

Thanks

Gerry
Thanks all!