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How do you get rid of Moss
permanently?
Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? Your everloving George |
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George wrote:
permanently? You don't, moss is a plant just like any other and it grows wherever it can. This aside, I'm sure you mean algy. Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? IME, jetwashing does nothing to remove algy, yes it goes away, but comes back quicker and stronger than it was before. Painting it might help, although it would probably be more slippery than the algy. Algy dislikes alkalis, try a soap powder mixture scrubbed on and rinsed off, also try and ensure adequate drainage, algy (and moss) both require moisture to flourish |
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George wrote:
permanently? Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? Your everloving George Wait and hope for an overdose? |
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"Graham Jones" wrote in message ... George wrote: permanently? Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? Your everloving George Wait and hope for an overdose? obviously that doesn't work...you're still here. |
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How do you get rid of Moss
George wrote:
"Graham Jones" wrote in message ... George wrote: permanently? Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? Your everloving George Wait and hope for an overdose? obviously that doesn't work...you're still here. Err, my name is Jones not Moss !!!??? |
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On 22 Mar, 17:24, "George" wrote:
permanently? Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? Your everloving George What kind of surface is the yard? If its sand or earth between numerous cracks, replace with adhesive sand - I forget the exact name. NT |
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How do you get rid of Moss
"George" wrote in message ... permanently? Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? The ancient remedy is to scrub in some chlorine-based household bleach. |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:24:46 GMT, "George"
wrote: |!permanently? This is impossible :-( There are moss spores in the air which will grow wherever they can find food, water, and a surface. -- Dave Fawthrop sf hyphenologist.co.uk 165 *Free* SF ebooks. 165 Sci Fi books on CDROM, from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Completely Free to any address in the UK. Contact me on the *above* email address. |
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How do you get rid of Moss
George wrote:
permanently? Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? Your everloving George Try Jeyes fluid as per the instructions but keep it off any plants you want to keep. -- Geoff Beale Extract digit to email |
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"Geoff Beale" wrote in message ... George wrote: permanently? Last summer I got the Pressure washer on the backyard and it was thorouhly clean and devoid of moss,or so i though it was. Anyway the cold spell and rain season brought it all back and is twice as much as it was before the cleanup so if this summer I cleaned it again and scrubbed it would a coat of red brick(floor) paint stop it from appearing again? Your everloving George Try Jeyes fluid as per the instructions but keep it off any plants you want to keep. -- Geoff Beale Extract digit to email That was what I used to scrub the yard with. To all its a concrete yard but I'd imagine it not that thick a layer. I've been informed that if I got some Zinc based paint? and paint it before using the red brick paint that'll cure it? |
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How do you get rid of Moss
In article , Phil L
writes Algy dislikes alkalis, Soda crystals are cheep, you can dissolve them in hot water and spray or pour on. Should kill the moss at the very least. Might need stiff broom to get the moss off the surface though, once it's dead. -- Janet Tweedy Amersham Gardening Association http://www.amersham-gardening.net |
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