LD1
Epic Contributor
Yes, perhaps a little more detail as to what you want to kill, and why? Do you want to kill an area to plant a garden (ground sterilization like pramitol or barrier are not a good idea).
And where you live would be a vital piece of info too.
Just how much do you want to spend?
My personal experience, spray cheap and spray often. I have tried many of the products that claim to prevent growth for a year. They just DONT WORK. These ground sterilizer's I have tried in my shop driveway, and in the driveway and patio areas of my apartments. They show quicker results than roundup....sure. But dont seem to ever last any longer than roundup alone, And I find myself still having to re-spray once every month or 6-weeks.
Pramitol costs $60 per gallon or $100 for 2.5 gallons. And you are supposed to spray it at a rate of ~5 gallons per acre. so its not real concentrated stuff. $200 per acre is pricy
The barrier stuff is $40 per gallon....and a gallon only does 7200 sq ft. So about 6 gallons per acre.....which makes it $240 per acre for the stuff.
Sure, if you only needed to mix a backpak sprayer and do a fence line or driveway it you wont need several gallons of the stuff, but again, I find it to work no better than roundup/24d mix.
I buy buccaneer 50% glyphosate for ~$50 per 2.5 gallons
I buy nufarm weedmaster 24d for about the same $50 per 2.5 gallons.
I mix 2 oz per gallon of each for hand spray, or one quart of each for per acre of tank sprayer. That puts me spending $10 per acre using BOTH 24d and roundup. A WHOLE lot cheaper and just as effective as anything else I have found.
And where you live would be a vital piece of info too.
Just how much do you want to spend?
My personal experience, spray cheap and spray often. I have tried many of the products that claim to prevent growth for a year. They just DONT WORK. These ground sterilizer's I have tried in my shop driveway, and in the driveway and patio areas of my apartments. They show quicker results than roundup....sure. But dont seem to ever last any longer than roundup alone, And I find myself still having to re-spray once every month or 6-weeks.
Pramitol costs $60 per gallon or $100 for 2.5 gallons. And you are supposed to spray it at a rate of ~5 gallons per acre. so its not real concentrated stuff. $200 per acre is pricy
The barrier stuff is $40 per gallon....and a gallon only does 7200 sq ft. So about 6 gallons per acre.....which makes it $240 per acre for the stuff.
Sure, if you only needed to mix a backpak sprayer and do a fence line or driveway it you wont need several gallons of the stuff, but again, I find it to work no better than roundup/24d mix.
I buy buccaneer 50% glyphosate for ~$50 per 2.5 gallons
I buy nufarm weedmaster 24d for about the same $50 per 2.5 gallons.
I mix 2 oz per gallon of each for hand spray, or one quart of each for per acre of tank sprayer. That puts me spending $10 per acre using BOTH 24d and roundup. A WHOLE lot cheaper and just as effective as anything else I have found.
