Liquid weed killers are the most common and they also offer more flexibility in terms of how you can apply them. After mowing. Leave at least 2 days if applying liquid lawn weed killer to the whole lawn. Don’t mow for a further 3 days Only use in the growing season when growth is good normally 2 days after mowing and at least 3 days before the next cut. Ready to Use You’ll see the reviewer blaming the quality or strength of the product and comparing them to professional weedkillers like Holster or Bastion.

Selective weed killers come in both liquid and granular versions, so which is best? Liquid Weedkillers When mowing prior to weed treatment don’t mow close. If you mow close and chop the leaves off the weeds there is nothing left to spray! The definition of a weed is a plant that is growing in the wrong place! This means all plants can be called a weed at sometime. This all depends on the weedkiller being used. Each manufacturer is different so do read the label.Because Weedol doesn’t contain Glyphosate, it is safe to use on lawns. Instead, it’s active ingredients are; For complete weed control a concentrate will do as good a job as ‘ready to use’ and vice versa. Use them according to the kind of treatment required. Weedol (Verdone) and Resolva Concentrated weed killers are available in spray or gel formats for direct application to weeds. Alternatively, explore our options that are formulated to be diluted and sprayed onto pathways and drives for weed-free paving. With trusted brands like Roundup Weedol and SBK in the Homebase collection, you can also and choose between tough weed killers and products that are softer on the environment and safer for pets. What weed killer is best? Weed killers for use on lawns are selective. In other words they kill most broadleaved plants such as clover and that aren’t grass IF used correctly! If they are used incorrectly, for example by being too dilute they won’t control the weeds. If they are over applied they may start to affect the grass.

Westland Resolva Lawn Weedkiller - wait 6 months after sowing or turfing if using the concentrate and 18 months if using the Ready to Use. I have some weeds in my lawn that Verdone (which is what I have been using for some years) doesn't seem to have killed, and I thought I would try alternating with a different brand, ad I have chosen the one with the "most different ingredients" in the hope that that will have some impact no the weeds that Verdone is leaving behind. That is Resolva Lawn Weedkiller.Both contain different chemicals that treat broad-leaved weeds, so if you find that Weedol failed to work on a specific weed species, there’s a good chance that Resolva or Greenforce will do the job. Then, once autumn rolls around I’ll treat the lawn again but this time I’ll use Resolva concentrate.

Ordinarily, you should only apply a concentrated weed killer to your lawn once a year, either in the spring or in the autumn.

This is where the ready-made, ready to use spot spray weed killers come in very useful for weed control. I always keep a 1 litre bottle of Weedol and Resolva in the shed next to the concentrated solutions.