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from "Natalie" contains these words: Flame gunning is a sheer waste of time. The roots simply regrow. Not if you do it properly. The idea is simlpy to singe the top growth , you have to do it more than once certainly, but eventually just as if you kept cutting it, the root dies too. It is a recognised organic way to treat weeds if you don't want to use chemicals. Do you use it for the perennial weeds growing in the cracks in paths? We have this problem at school and I'm getting extremely fed up pulling them by hand and I am totally against using chemicals.. It is impossible to get all the roots! I've been using a parrafin-fuelled Sheen flamegun for 20 years on the good gravel drive at our last place, and on the crappy gravel and cracked concrete drive here. At both places it does a good job of keeping them clear of weeds, though mine hasn't been tested on bindweed marestail or japanese knotweed. Also useful for cleaning weeds and surface seeds off ground before cultivation. Each treatment requires two passes as oldmolly says, with a few days in between. Janet. Janet |
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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: Flame gunning is a sheer waste of time.(snip) It does not work. Full stop. You mean, it's another in the growing list of things which don't work for you, but work perfectly well for other gardeners, usenetters, computer users etc. Janet |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:15:16 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: Flame gunning is a sheer waste of time.(snip) It does not work. Full stop. You mean, it's another in the growing list of things which don't work for you, but work perfectly well for other gardeners, usenetters, computer users etc. as a permanent solution! -- Martin |
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