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Someone mentioned flame throwers. IME they're not very effective,
and a little reading shows that they need to be much higher power
than the usual DIY/gardener ones to be properly effective.

The flamegun X300 claims a temp. of 2000 degrees when up to speed.
The way I now understand weed control is that if you repeatedly remove the
stuff above the surface you reduce the amount of nutrients transfered to the
root and it gradually exhausts energy stores making re-growth weaker each time.

Strange that no-one's mentioned salt yet, works like chlorate but
non-toxic.

Cement is another trick, rake it into the soil surface, press it down
and plants cant grow, the soil surface is too hard.

It amazes me just quite what weeds can actually grow through when you see them
pushing up through tarmac etc.

As for Budlia (sp) "trees" they sprout out of chimneys and some of the most
inhospitable and hard to reach places.
(though they aren't part of my problem at the moment)

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