Has anyone had any experience with the weeding torches advertized in many gardening magazines? Wonder if they are helpful our just a hassel
Weeding torch
No experience here, sorry.
Pirl swears by hers....you can find her in Garden Talk thread and Iris thread too.
Great for driveway and patio weeds, Peter. Not impressed with it for weeds in the lawn. Fun to use, but spot treatment with chemicals or boiling water is better.
Ditto what Victor said. I got one a couple years ago for Xmas.
We tried killing weeds along the edge of the driveway, too. They do come back if they have roots like dandelions..Others are taken care of. It is a long and tedious job if you are doing large spaces.
I used a blow torch for a couple of years many years ago. Not easy on the back, but these new ones would not cause that problem. In my experience some things seem to love the heat and their seeds in the cracks just sprouted very soon. I also got some new plants that I had never had before in the brick terrace where I used it most. I think they were lurking. Just like in a forest after a fire. And along the stone pathways it was hard not to burn the plants along the edges where, of course, the weeds tended to grow the most. But fun and emotionally satisfying and it looked good after the pyromantics for sure. I think it would be ideal for driveways. I could use one for there, asap. Patti
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My wife uses one on occasion, but she says you have to be real patient. It can take a while to get rid of some types of weeds. Here's a picture of it.
Greg
Thanks for the input think I will pass as I am picky if some thing isn't excellent.Bought a chipper a couple years back used it once and gave it to my brother.
How did they do that !
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