On Mon, 12 May 2008 05:00:27 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France
<judith.lea99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On May 12, 11:46 am, Martin <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 03:36:52 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France
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>> <judith.le...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >On May 12, 12:23 am, Martin <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 11 May 2008 23:32:47 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
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>> >> <allsortsnotthis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> >On Sun, 11 May 2008 18:08:08 +0200, Martin wrote:
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>> >> >>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Br1ZPJ8oQxY&NR=1
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>> >> >Got it lit nicely but you don't need to charcoal the plants like he
did
>> >> >just waft it over. The blast of heat will do enough damage to the
plant
>> >> >cells for them to wilt and die back in a day or two. Even our
tiddly gas
>> >> >powered flame gun just needs a waft over let alone a brute like an
X300.
>>
>> >> It looked like he was in EXTERMINATE mode.
>> >> --
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>> >> Martin
>>
>> >LOL I have heard from someone who used to have one in England, that
>> >the weeds whose roots were under, say, a patio, came back as only the
>> >top layer was burnt.
>>
>> I've read the same thing here. I have no personal experience of using a
flame
>> gun. I did look up the mix for making napalm but thought urg was an
>> inappropriate place to post it :o)
>>
>> The gardener of the household found horses tails at the allotment, that
had
>> survived more than a year of having the ground where they grew covered
with
>> dense black plastic.
>> --
>>
>> Martin
>
>Your gardener will find, as I did in England, it takes napalm to get
>rid of it. I took up the plants in the affected bed, which adjoined a
>field, trampled it with hob nailed boots, actually gold ones, and
>broke the tough outer covering of the "tail". I mixed a little
>detergent with the glycostuff, most were killed but I had to do second
>and third applications on others bits. Unfortunately the field was
>covered in it so it was only a matter of time before it encroached
>again. I wanted, before Contracts were exchanged, to dig up a young
>shrub that Sacha gave me to bring it to France. I dare not in case
>the dreaded weed came with it. I will buy one in France to replace
>the one that Sacha gave me.
The local eco friendly council used some sort of acid on the pavement to
kill
the horses tails. The horses tails were back the following year.
--
Martin
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