KingdomBuilder wrote:May work for "lone wolf" weeds, but long tap roots, root systems, and extensive underground runners with some species will simply send up a new growth.
They've got enough stored energy to overcome a couple scorchings.
I vote it a "no go". Even if it does work decently on some species, it's such a limited gadget in terms of multi-function that it's hardly worth the time or money IMO
yes. this describes my experience with the one we had, that disappeared. i didn't jump to replace it. i've had a lot of things disappear, since my husband died.
the weed torch.
the reason i'm thinking about it now, is -
my long asphalt driveway, maybe 150', now fairly cracked, is riddled with dead grass/weeds.
i sprayed about half of it before i left over the summer, ran out of time, had to leave the rest.
when i returned, all these were evenly dead. some kindly neighbor must have sprayed the lower half (?) i have not yet received a bill or a word about it.
soon we'll have ice+snow.
i take care of/shovel most of it, hire help when it's too deep for me.
all those little dry growths will cause shoveling problems. unsightly, too.
i'm wondering how to clear them.
the torch might burn them down enough to take care of that?
i'm not sure what would do better.