There were more complaints about the “ready to use” version, and many were about damage caused in the post. Some stated that the quantity wasn’t enough to treat even a small lawn and a very small number said that it didn’t kill the weeds at all. of reviewers rated the product 4 or 5 stars out of 5, which indicates that this product met expectations. Liquid weed killers are the most common and they also offer more flexibility in terms of how you can apply them. Ordinarily, you should only apply a concentrated weed killer to your lawn once a year, either in the spring or in the autumn. Then, once autumn rolls around I’ll treat the lawn again but this time I’ll use Resolva concentrate.

You can mix weed killer with our soluble lawn fertiliser so that you do two jobs in one. If using them separately apply the soluble fertiliser first and the weed killer about a week later. You can also apply weed killer on the same day as any of our granular fertilisers. The manufacturer’s recommendations are that once dry the lawn is safe to use. This would take just a few hours in the warmer months. Even selective weedkillers can damage grass if used improperly so always read the instructions! How to Know You’re Buying Lawn Weedkiller Instead of a Non-Selective Type Weed killers are every gardener’s friend. While some of us are better than others at growing shrubs and plants, all of us seem to be able to “grow weeds”. Thankfully, you can rid your lawn, patio, gravel drive, paths, and vegetable patches of these nuisance visitors using a range of highly effective and fast-acting weed-killer products. Weed killers are herbicides; a type of pesticide used to kill plants. Insecticides and fungicides are also pesticides. When using pesticides always read the label and use them safely.When it comes to applying it, be very careful not to overdo it. The combination of high nitrogen, iron sulphate and weed killing chemicals can scorch your lawn if you’re too heavy-handed with the application. It much better to apply a little less than too much. Finally, some pets have some peculiar idiosyncrasies, therefore, if you feel your pet may consume or is sensitive to these products then keep them off or don’t use the product. 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. You may have noticed that weed killers are not made of the same chemicals. A lawn weed killer is a carefully selected group of active ingredients designed to kill a certain group of creeping and broad leaved weeds. Not all weed killers will kill all your lawn weeds hence you need to use a range of active ingredients to give yourself the best chance of good weed control. We have therefore selected two groups of weed killers that offer the broadest range of active ingredients so that if one doesn’t kill a certain weed the other may do. Use one group of chemicals for ‘full lawn treatment’ and the other group for ‘spot treatment’. If you only need to ‘spot treat’ then have two different ones on hand or when one runs out buy a different one to replace it. How to use two different Weed Killer Products Lawnsmith Option 1 Glyphosate is the active ingredient which makes a weedkiller non-selective, meaning it will kill any (or most) green plants that it touches. Some in as little as 24 hours. Our Fertilisers, unlike grass ‘weed and feed’ products, do not contain pesticides or weed killers. Though the bag of bulk material should be stored safely away from children and pets, the lawn is safe for use by children, wildlife and most domestic pets immediately after application.

If you don’t have many weeds in your lawn and you prefer feed and weed products instead of applying a separate fertiliser and weedkiller, then, by all means, use one. In the introduction to this article, I said that you need to be very careful when choosing a weed killer for your lawn. Finally, there are a great number of creatures under the banner 'pets' AND a large number of pets with some peculiar idiosyncrasies, therefore, if you feel your pet may consume or is sensitive to these products then keep them off or don’t use the product. A considerable number of reviewers who left a 3-star rating liked the product but had issues with damaged or leaky bottles (mostly the ready-to-use variant).

How to Use Weedol and Resolva Together For Best Results

For example, an amateur weed killer concentrate might take 1 part concentrate to 3 parts water to make the desired strength. I rarely use Evergreen 4-in-1 because as a qualified groundsman I’ve always fed my lawn, killed weeds and killed and removed moss as separate treatments. It’s just the way I prefer to do things. Complaints about the concentrated version were few and far between, but most seemed related to issues with diluting the product correctly. For example, one lady diluted 150ml into water instead of 15ml, which caused scorching to the grass. They typically come as part of a ready to use lawn feed and weed type of product but rarely as a stand-alone weedkiller.