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,
photos? :o)
>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 horses tails will be free :o)
--
Martin
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