I have an area behind my outbuilding that I placed about a 6 to 8" layer of crushed rock...I did not use a weed fabric....has anyone used any cement over the top and hosed it into the rock for a weed block? Will it work?
Surprised it wasnt mentioned on this forum! WOOD ASH
it drifts the pH enough that most weeds wont germinate.
Dont worry about the weed block, it really only serves 2 needs (keeps rocks and dirt from mixing, and keeps whatever was on the ground initially from growing up). It doesnt help new seeds being deposited on top, so i have found it to be useless.
I sweep wood ash into the cracks between the pavers and it keeps 95% of the weeks out.
In the days before roundup, everybody used Kerosine. As a kid, I noticed them useing it to kill the grass on the baseball diamond lines. Its very inexpensive and effective and only takes a "shot" to do its work. Some would site environmental reasons for not using it. But the same might hold for round up. Here in the wine country, there is talk about reminants of round up contaminating the soil below the surface of application (where sun light does not break it down).I use roundup around the drive & sidewalks
In the days before roundup, everybody used Kerosine. As a kid, I noticed them useing it to kill the grass on the baseball diamond lines. Its very inexpensive and effective and only takes a "shot" to do its work. Some would site environmental reasons for not using it. But the same might hold for round up. Here in the wine country, there is talk about reminants of round up contaminating the soil below the surface of application (where sun light does not break it down).
Some plants like Poisen Oak/Ivy or just plain Ivy really get killed fast using Kerosine since the oil on the plant does not repel it as readily as water based systemics. On the other hand one can add regular liquid dish soap to the water based systemics to get them to stick more readily to plants with shiny/oily leaves.
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