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What can you all suggest, available at a consumer level, that kills weeds well? I am trying to rid my driveway of weeds and they mostly laughed at Round-Up. What % of Glyphosate should I look for? Does the Surfactant make enough difference to justify its use?

If you buy the 41% stuff and mix it at 4 oz/gallon of water it should kill just about anything. If you really want to nuke stuff mix in some 2,4-D. Just about all glyphosate has plenty of surfactant in it, but if you want to make sure then buy some cheap dishwashing detergent and mix some in. It'll do as well as crop oil or other surfactants sold at 100X the price.

2-4d or “brush killer”. You can mix roundup with brush killer and kill it all:grass , broad leaf, and Woody species .

The brush killer will also have 2-4d in it plus an additive so don’t be confused by the label.

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Regular Roundup should work just fine, just be sure to mix it with very clean water because the dirt in a lot of the water you might find will deactivate the key ingredient. I always use culinary grade water and it makes a difference.

Remember, this stuff needs warm temperatures to work it’s best. And don’t expect overnight results. It generally will take 4-5 days before you will notice it is working.

Tordon will kill anything. Never spray when weeds or grass are stressed. The spray will not work as well.

I use Round-up concentrate and mix it a little hot ( 7 fl. oz. per gallon).

I use round up, kills cshit out of my driveway weeds

Diesel

Any herbicide seems to work best on well watered plants that are actively growing and don't cut them down after spraying until they are thoroughly dead. Let the herbicide migrate down to the roots. Surfactant in my opinion almost doubles the effectiveness of herbicide.

Any glyphosate with 2-4-D ester. Dont mix amine with glyphosate as it is not very compatible and less %. Mix on the heavy side and it will die. You wont find ester in stores unless you have a license. Hope you have a farmer friend and they could get you hooked up.

51% Glyphosate, use 10 oz to 1 gallon of water. Wait 2 weeks to see results.

Cornerstone 5 Plus from the Co-op is the best, longest lasting that I’ve found. I don’t use surfactant with it.

Cracks in the driveway? Diesel fuel.

Osky

Shane,
Amine400/2,4-D and 41% glyphosate from the local farm store. We have some roundup/glyphosate resistant weeds here in Michigan now , the above combo will work on them well. Weed sprays have more than doubled in price here in the last couple years.

PM for more info ,if you wish.

Been using plain ole well water for 30+ years ,no problem here.

Laffn...

At least doubled in price.

I use glyphosate or the amine 2/4-d on most stuff.

I do buy some 30% vinegar to kill drive way grass though.

If you are just doing a driveway, do it on the cheap.
Per gallon of vinegar, 1 cup salt and a tablespoon of dish soap. Mix well.