A handy Guide to various kinds of Weed Killers
Are weeds or unwanted plants taking control of your back yard? Tried many techniques and products to remove them? Now there is a range of maximum strength weed killers which not only prevent the current weeds from cultivating, but can also prevent the next generation with unique earth barriers to restrict the growth of weed seeds.
Throughout the weeding process you do not need to discontinue use of the affected areas of your garden, and the majority of the weeding products are child and pet friendly. All you have to do is scatter and wait, and each of the products will take effect for a number of months.
The dictionary definition of a weed is “a wild (not deliberately cultivated) plant growing where it is not wanted”.
Weeds compete with the plants in your garden for light, nutrients and space. As a result they can deprive plants of their light and this can affect the plant’s yield.
Weed Killers can be utilized at any time of the year, but the optimum time is when the weeds are growing strongly because they absorb weedkiller more quickly.
Systemic weedkillers
Systemic weedkillers kill the weed from the inside, out. The weed killer breaks through the weed through the leaves and then when it has been absorbed it travels all over the plant, down to the very ends of the roots.
Roundup GC Weedkiller is a systemic weed killer that sees the weed killer travelling down through the weed to destroy the roots. Normally, within 2 weeks, the leaf tips will start to wilt and turn brown. Roundup is only active in plants and is inactivated on contact with the ground. It is then broken down by soil micro organisms so that you can re-use the soil for re-planting. Roundup Weed Killer is also available in a Roundup ready-to-use format. Roundup Ultra 3000 is a super concentrate formula that provides an economical control of large areas of plants. It can treat up to 3000 square metres from one bottle. Weedol Rootkill Plus weed killer is also a systemic weed killer.
Contact weedkillers
Contact weed killers work on contact with the leaves of the weed. They begin to work as soon as they are applied to the plant. Weedol MAX weed killer is a contact weed killer and has an active ingredient that occurs in nature.
Weedol MAX includes an active ingredient called pelargonic acid that is found in minute quantities in lots of plants. It works by speedily destroying several outer layers of plant cells, causing them to rupture, leak and die.
Selective grass weedkillers
Lawn weed killers will work on broad-leaved weeds, but will not on the grass around them. Grass weed killers like Verdone Extra Lawn Weed Killer in fact stimulate growth, but it’s a pace of growth that can’t be sustained. The weed can’t get enough energy and it simply ‘grows itself to death’.
Residual weedkillers
Residual weed killers like Pathclear Weed Killer PC work by producing a boundary in the soil to stop weed seeds germinating. They are kept in the soil surface for several months. Pathclear weed killer and Preventer has been specifically produced for paths and patios. The Pathclear weed killer sachets are merely added to water in a sprayer or watering can.
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