flame throwers to kill off weeds

[mirry2]

Can you buy these? I asked a gardening company and was told that they're illegal. I think they would do an excellent job of killing all the weeds on my patio and drive. otherwise it's going to be getting down on my hands and knees and weeding.

[MrsHoarder]

Hands and knees and weeding. Boiling water is surprisingly effective if only done on the patio (will also kill anything else in the surrounding soil if you pour it somewhere else).

[Talkinpeace]

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[Rhubarbgarden]

I used to have one. Great fun to use, but not very effective. The plants just grow back.

The builders nicked it

[WhatKindofFool]

I'm sure I saw one in Aldi the other week.

[passthecheese]

Homebase have them.

[cantspel]

Wilkinsons sell them for £20 and £4 for the butane canister

[monsterchild]

They are extremely fun, but I always have some water nearby, as it's very dry where we live.

They also do a mean creme brulee!

[GemmaTeller]

I spend a morning getting the weeds out then pour boiling water and (a lot of ) bleach on my crazy paving and path, only have to do it once maybe twice a year a year.

[GlaikitFizzog]

Weeding? I have a "nature" garden. No weeding required! But I like the idea of a flame thrower!

[Ubermumsy]

Glyphosate is your friend here. Water or spray it over the path and the weeds will turn up their toes in a week or so. You can even get path formulations which make the ground more difficult for new seeds to penetrate.

[Talkinpeace]

cannot do glyphosate, salt, bleach or boiling water near the pond - so the flame thrower is then the best bet.

[Talkinpeace]

no!
but snapping new shoots off at the ground will stop the clump spreading (eventually)
depending on the variety of bamboo

• sasa and pseudosasa are the most invasive, phyllostacis the least.

[Talkinpeace]

MrsdeVere
Can you post a picture of it - ideally a closeup of the stem - or identify it on here bamboo-identification.co.uk/html/common_genera.html
but basically the rule of thumb is to cut through the rhizome : dig a trench (HARD WORK) and remove any roots on the wrong side. Then sink kerb stones in where you want it to stop.

[cantspel]

Glyphosate will kill bamboo, cut the canes down to ground level and spray with Glyphosate and keep spraying any new growth. It will take a while but will eventually die off.

[Talkinpeace]

MrsDeVere it will try to come back for at least a year - just be aware and if you see ANY bulges in the astroturf, grab the glyphosate as the new shoots will weaken fastest.
You could always pop the bits of rhizome over a certain wall

If you love it, try one of these www.shrubsdirect.com/plants/bamboo/black-caned-bamboos/bamboo-phyllostachys-nigra-7-5-litre-pot.html and keep it in a tub - semi sunk in the ground if you need DS not to topple it

[iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

I used glyphosate and some more glyphosate. Spray the weeds directly. Keep patrolling the area and shot the little weeds when they start up again.