Weed Killer

[Chris1965]

Best place to buy weed killer??

Cheers

[Johnrgby2]

Best place to buy weed killer??

Cheers

We use Ideal, The China shops sell it BUT

[Archer]

Cofemax sells Glyphosate. Seems strongest and best value to me.

[Globetrotter]

Tried all sorts even Aguafuerte (dilute Sulfuric acid) but they keep coming back, weeds seem much tougher over there, mind you with the harsh conditions they have to be 

[Chris1965]

Cofemax sells Glyphosate. Seems strongest and best value to me.

Wheres Cofemax??

Cheers

[Archer]

Cofemax is on the estate opp Ideal in Gran Tarajal.
In my view, it is not that the weeds are tougher, just there are so many dormant seeds under the picon. You kill one batch and the next rain brings out a whole lot more.
Once you get on top of them they do slow up! I take a 2-pronged attack. Weedkiller followed by a flame-thrower!! 
Woe: What is the active ingredient in the total weedkiller you use?

[woe10]

Main ingredient is Glifosato. ( Glyphosate )

What is glyphosate?

Glyphosate is a broad - spectrum herbicide that was first marketed by Monsanto under the name ROUNDUP in the 1970s since its patent expired in 2000, many companies produce today glyphosate with different trade names. However, Monsanto's Roundup remains the best-selling herbicide in the world.

Greenpeace want it banned.

[erik_tonny]

Marcial in Corralejo sells Glifosato. ( Glyphosate ) for about â,¬10 / liter ! (normal heavy concentration!)

[erik_tonny]

Glyphosate is the ultimate weedkiller, but you must understand how it works.
Glyphosate is sprayed on the leaves, where it is absorbed and "enters" the plant.
During the next week it spreads through the entire plant, including the roots, and the plants starts to die.
It is important to wait another week before pulling out the plant, so you are sure there are no living roots left in the soil.

Why is it the ultimate weedkiller?
As stated, it enters the plant by the leaves, not by the roots !
In fact, the Glyphosate which hits the soil is deactivated, leaving the soil unpolluted.
Thus it is possible to replant or seed the soil directly after the weeds die.
An other great advantage is that you can spray a weed just inches away from a plant you want to keep
(or apply it on the leaves with a small brush)

[suendrob]

Glyphosate is the ultimate weedkiller, but you must understand how it works.
Glyphosate is sprayed on the leaves, where it is absorbed and "enters" the plant.
During the next week it spreads through the entire plant, including the roots, and the plants starts to die.
It is important to wait another week before pulling out the plant, so you are sure there are no living roots left in the soil.

Why is it the ultimate weedkiller?
As stated, it enters the plant by the leaves, not by the roots !
In fact, the Glyphosate which hits the soil is deactivated, leaving the soil unpolluted.
Thus it is possible to replant or seed the soil directly after the weeds die.
An other great advantage is that you can spray a weed just inches away from a plant you want to keep
(or apply it on the leaves with a small brush)

I think Systemic is the word you're looking for.

[erik_tonny]

Glyphosate is the ultimate weedkiller, but you must understand how it works.
Glyphosate is sprayed on the leaves, where it is absorbed and "enters" the plant.
During the next week it spreads through the entire plant, including the roots, and the plants starts to die.
It is important to wait another week before pulling out the plant, so you are sure there are no living roots left in the soil.

Why is it the ultimate weedkiller?
As stated, it enters the plant by the leaves, not by the roots !
In fact, the Glyphosate which hits the soil is deactivated, leaving the soil unpolluted.
Thus it is possible to replant or seed the soil directly after the weeds die.
An other great advantage is that you can spray a weed just inches away from a plant you want to keep
(or apply it on the leaves with a small brush)

I think Systemic is the word you're looking for.

You are 90% right. If you had said "a contact systemic weed killer", you would have been 100% right.
I tried to  explain it in such a manner that John Do and myself can understand it.
Sorry

[woe10]

I understood it.  I bought some 3 years ago, but then I was told not to use it as I have 3 cats and 2 dogs, and was told it's poisonous if the lick it or something. So I never used it.

[erik_tonny]

I understood it.  I bought some 3 years ago, but then I was told not to use it as I have 3 cats and 2 dogs, and was told it's poisonous if the lick it or something. So I never used it.

Never had any problems with the pets.

[RVEEE]

I had a tree in my garden a while back, it didn't do anything in the way of flowering but blocked the windows, blocked the footpath past the house and blocked the sewer pipe with its roots. It had to go.

This thing refused to die; I cut it back to the ground and listened to all the tips from the neighbours. It grew back again and again.

I got a bottle of Glyphosphate from Cofemax and painted the whole stump with it neat, used about 20 times the amount on the label. I had no further use so glugged the bottle over the tree. It died...