Weed preventer

[Lost Californian]

More gravel.
Number twos of six inches depth with number 58 to bind and number nines to top dress. Enough depth to drain off the water and keep it dry. No moisture no weeds.
About 500 a tri axel delivered. If the driver can drop it correctly you can move it manually If not a day rental of a skid steer or knowing someone who can skid steer or a box grader but number twos are hard on stuff.

or you can buy a pull behind sprayer and spray.

There is ~4" of gravel on the range, I dunno how deep around the barn, and the driveway was paved last year, so just the edges. It should all be thick enough, but weeds, ya know?

 

[Lost Californian]

Why not get rid of the gravel, dump some good dirt on it and then some good grass seed? Without having to mow around it, it will probably reduce the time you are mowing by a little bit. And then so what if a few weeds invade the grass. Beats putting down poisons!

Range is in the trees....ahheck, I will just post photos tomorrow. Mowing there is not much of an option, grass don't grow.

 

[Lost Californian]

this will make getting rid of them much more enjoyable! LOL

Not really. Takes a long time with a 20lb propane tank.

 

[Hkindiana]

SALT keeps anything from growing. I know my salt lick areas have absolutely nothing growing around them. It is even in the Bible about “salting the earth (ground)” to spite your enemies.

 

[Cameramonkey]

SALT keeps anything from growing. I know my salt lick areas have absolutely nothing growing around them. It is even in the Bible about “salting the earth (ground)” to spite your enemies.

Yep. back in the day, to control weeds in the drive dad would buy bags of rocksalt and pour small mounds on the clumps of weeds and spread handfuls around the rest of the gravel. No weeds for several years.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Not really. Takes a long time with a 20lb propane tank.

Propane should only be employed after killing/drying the weeds out as an alternative to raking the gravel to remove them.

Going straight to fire is slow because you gotta cook the water out of them and many are VERY succulent plants.

 

[jamil]

Not a shooting range but I made a gravel parking pad where I used to live that lasted for years. When I put it in I excavated out all the topsoil down to clay, put weed mat down, a couple inches of #2 clean gravel, 4 inches of 3/4 minus over that, compacted it all down. After a few rains it was like concrete.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

SALT keeps anything from growing. I know my salt lick areas have absolutely nothing growing around them. It is even in the Bible about “salting the earth (ground)” to spite your enemies.

When I was a kid, we had probably a 4'x6 or 8' "pad" outside our back door made up of concrete pavers. It was my job to pull the weeds out from between the pavers, but I think I learned about the Romans "salting the earth" in history class or something, so I got the idea to pull up the pavers in the spring, put down a layer of rock salt, then replace the pavers. No weeding the pavers for me all summer!

 

[jamil]

When I was a kid, we had probably a 4'x6 or 8' "pad" outside our back door made up of concrete pavers. It was my job to pull the weeds out from between the pavers, but I think I learned about the Romans "salting the earth" in history class or something, so I got the idea to pull up the pavers in the spring, put down a layer of rock salt, then replace the pavers. No weeding the pavers for me all summer!

I trust drainage was such that the dissolved salt didn’t run off into areas you wanted to keep vegetation when it rained hard.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I trust drainage was such that the dissolved salt didn’t run off into areas you wanted to keep vegetation when it rained hard.

Yeah, never had a problem. Might have killed maybe a 2" border around the edge of the pad but that was more of a feature than a bug.

 

[Lost Californian]

Photos of the area of concern. Mainly what I think of as the pistol range, then the path. Had 4 trees close to the house removed last year, and they took an extra 3 farther back while getting the 4. Most of the green growing stuff was not there before the trees came down, and I would just use the weedhacker to keep the area clear-ish.

House to backstop, 54 yards -

From bridge to backstop, the 'pistol range' -

Back toward the house -

 

[bcannon]

I make my own and have had pretty good success.

1gal vinegar
2cups table salt
1 tspn dish soap

I don't use it in my yard much but it really cleans up my drive and parking area.

 

[snapping turtle]

Propane should only be employed after killing/drying the weeds out as an alternative to raking the gravel to remove them.

Going straight to fire is slow because you gotta cook the water out of them and many are VERY succulent plants.

Fire let’s burn something. In my bevis voice

 

[HoughMade]

Thank you, kind sir!

What mix ratio do you use? I have a 25gal tow behind sprayer that I use, and I put 1.5gal of RM43 in that, then fill with water. 5lbs of Prodiamine is $68 on amazon. If I could get 3 applications out of that, I think it would work fine.

I use Prodiamine 65 WDG. I use about 2 level teaspoons per gallon of water for 1,000 sq. ft. This should control weeds for around 4 months. Higher concentrations last longer.

 

[ductape]

Pave it. Everything else will eventually let it grow back. I have to treat fence rows all the time and they just grow back. Also you have to consider what living things are around it.

 

[AtTheMurph]

The weed preventers work best when the area is not disturbed. if you are applying it to an area that vehicles are driven on {gravel areas} then the preventative effects will not last of the advertised length of time. They form a barrier to seed germination.

 

[OurDee]

SALT keeps anything from growing. I know my salt lick areas have absolutely nothing growing around them. It is even in the Bible about “salting the earth (ground)” to spite your enemies.

I use water softner rock salt on my gravel areas. I get 2 bags in the winter in case I need it to melt ice. If it doesn't get used, I spread it in the spring. It's like magic, ie. works a charm.

 

[HoughMade]

The weed preventers work best when the area is not disturbed. if you are applying it to an area that vehicles are driven on {gravel areas} then the preventative effects will not last of the advertised length of time. They form a barrier to seed germination.

This is true, but walking on it should be OK. Also, the area between the tire tracks should be OK.

 

[bwframe]

Put this under your gravel.

De Witt SBLT6300 Ground Cover Sunbelt

 

[Turf Doctor]

May want to try using a product from Bayer called Specticle Total. It is a pre and post emergent. I is to be used to kill the weeds and grass as well as prevent them from coming back it is a similar product as Round Up 365.

Bayer - Specticle Total Pre-and Post-Emergent Herbicide, 144 OZ BTL | Reinders