By law, everyone who uses herbicides professionally must have received adequate training in using them safely and be skilled in the job they are carrying out.

These types of weed killers are best suited for broadleaf weeds as well as grass weeds. Triclopyr-based If you’ve waited and still nothing happens, there may be reasons that the weed killer hasn’t worked. Did you apply it in the plant’s seasonal active period? Was the solution concentrated enough? Did it rain within eight hours of application and so wash the weed killer away? Fix the problem if possible (except if the weed is dormant) and reapply the solution.Always wear protective clothing, such as Chemical Resistant Gloves, when handling Gallup® Home & Garden. I washed down my wellies as well as the garden sprayer after being sure to keep the chemicals out of our home! Apply this product in a medium-fine spray to a dry leaf in still condtions. Avoid spraying in the heat of the day, or when rain is forecast as this may hamper its effectiveness. If the product is used for the light treatment of annual weeds, replanting and sowing can begin the day after application which is useful, especially for those with allotments. The weed killer becomes inactive as soon as it hits the soil which is environmentally friendly. The product is easily broken down by micro-organisms in the soil to allow replanting. Yellowing of stems and leaves starts after 48 hours so don’t be too impatient to see the start of the process.

What sets this Rootblast weed killer apart from the others is that it has a high concentration of the active ingredient of glyphosate. At 360g/l, this extrastrong concentrate can cover 1,666m 2 of weedy landscape per 1L bottle of concentrate when it’s diluted at the recommended ratio. The Resolva is a spray gun that is already mixed and ready to go. The idea is quite simple, in the warmer months (Mar-Sept) simply spot apply this to the areas of leafy weeds. This is the main difference with Weedol lawn killer actually. They want you to mix up into a garden sprayer and hit the entire lawn. As a result it’s hard to tell which is more value other than to look at it from a meterage basis – you’ll get about 50m2 from a spray bottle vs 600m2 from the Weedol concentrate. Vitax does have a residual effect so you can expect the spray to linger in the soil for a few weeks after application. This does stop you from planting in the area straight away. The active ingredient is biodegradable with a half-life of 60 days, but it remains active in dead vegetation for up to 90 days. As such, this weed killer must be applied at least six weeks before re-cultivating or sowing. There are legal responsibilities covering the storage and use of professional use pesticides. These responsibilities are covered by The Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA) and Control of Pesticide Regulations 1986 (COPR). Glyphosate weed killer controls deep-rooted perennial and annual weeds as well as woody weeds with commercial strength concentrate.As you can see they’ve all been very effective on the less hardy weeds – don’t worry. They aren’t getting a buy rating that easily 🙂 On to the brambles and thistle test next! Results Foliar Applied. Can be sprayed or even painted onto the leaves of the weed. From there, it will be absorbed by the plant and even taken down into the roots, killing the entire weed.

Gallup 360 is a professional-grade weedkiller that’s designed to get rid of the very toughest weeds. It’s a powerful glyphosate formula that’s suitable for use on notoriously stubborn weeds like hogweed and Japanese knotweed, or over very large areas such as farm fields. Suitable for Domestic and Industrial Use So I measured out the land area equally and spread the weed killer – what I noticed was I had reached the end and had plenty left over – so I gave the area another blast – I walked over a treated area which is the wrong thing to do – naturally I cleaned my wellies straight after! Industrial strength but available to the public. This is one of the few strong weed killers available to home gardeners and professionals. Gallup Home and Garden weed killer is absorbed easily onto the soil particles so does not leach and is also broken down by the soil bacteria into harmless natural substances. Where to use Gallup Home and GardenThis is a non-selective weed killer so is additionally good for clearing areas such as unwanted vegetation on paths, drives, gravel areas and so on. But don’t use this on your lawn unless you want to kill all the grass wholesale. Are you sure that nothing is happening? The most common critique we came across during our research for this review was that the weed killer didn’t work. And we found this for every weed killer. If you read the instructions/information for your weed killer, it will say that you may see signs of decay in two days to a number of days or weeks. In terms of protecting wildlife the consensus is pretty similar. Mammals and birds are pretty much ok – the levels of Glyphosate won’t get high enough to cause problems but for some wildlife it is a problem: