On 10/05/2012 10:00, Bertie Doe wrote:
We are not alone. It's encouraging to know that our gardeners across The
Pond, suffer from the Dandelion Menace:-
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c9uybat

100% pure glacial acetic acid will work even better. ;-)

You do realise that cheap "white vinegar" *is* a simple chemical made in
an *industrial* process and diluted don't you? Some of the cheap and
nasty brown supermarket vinegar is also the latter plus a brown dye.

I've got a couple of pints of elderly pickling vinegar in the shed. When
the weather clears, I'll brush them on. Anyone tried it as a weedkiller?
Bertie

This particular piece of kitchen sink chemistry is harmless and won't
get you into serious trouble, nor will it kill many weeds. You would
probably get better results clubbing them to death with the bottle!

It will work after a fashion, but you would be a lot better off using a
proper chemical like glyphosate that was intended to to kill plants.

Dandelions roots are most easily extracted with a 12" screwdriver rather
than any of these fancy expensive tools sold for the purpose. I saw a
dedicated one at a garden centre for £30 recently. Mega rip-off!

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Regards,
Martin Brown