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Violets November Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 4:09:40 PM
I look at this every time I cruise through my MF magazine and I'm wondering if any of you have purchased one of these Weed Dragons.

And what do you think of it?

It seems like it would be a nice, natural way to control weeds.

www.WeedDragon.com

Thanks.


~Violet~
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Violets November Posted - Jan 26 2011 : 11:22:44 AM
quote:
Originally posted by edlund33

Weed dragons and similar products work great on concrete, bricks, pavers, gravel or dirt. But they should not be used near flammable materials such as asphalt, leaf mulch, compost, beauty bark, straw, arbor chips, fencing, tires or plastic irrigation equipment. You also need to be careful if there is plastic or weed barrier fabric underneath the surface you are treating as it can ignite. They are a great tool if used with some good old common sense. I have one and love it, but will no longer allow my employees to use them. Care to guess how I know how what things will burn? Ha ha!

Cheers! ~ Marilyn

LOL
Sounds like you must have had an up front and personal experience with the DragonWeed!

We have grass that grows up on our chain link fence. I can use Round Up on it, but then it sits there....dead. Better than going to weed seen, foxtails.

Farm Girl No. 1100

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson



~Violet~
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My blog, http://hiddenacre.blogspot.com/
Our Organic Jewelry, http://www.etsy.com/shop/GaelicForge
Violets November Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 8:58:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by msdoolittle

I would like to know also! We are talking about getting one, too.

In a similar vein, a small handheld propane canister (like one for doing pipes) makes an excellent bug killer....we have Millipede Central all summer, and we just go along where they are congregating and crisp them up! Worked GREAT.

FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com



We have a propane canister also, but I thought that would be hard on the back. Do they make long wands for the small handheld canister?

When the kids were in 4H with a rabbit project, we used the propane canister to clean up the endless webs that were always in the rabbit barn.

Especially on the chain link fence parts, the spiders and webs were awful, but we took care of that with the propane burner.

~Violet~
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Our Organic Jewelry, http://www.etsy.com/shop/GaelicForge
Violets November Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 8:56:57 PM
quote:
Originally posted by msdoolittle

I would like to know also! We are talking about getting one, too.

In a similar vein, a small handheld propane canister (like one for doing pipes) makes an excellent bug killer....we have Millipede Central all summer, and we just go along where they are congregating and crisp them up! Worked GREAT.

FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com



We have a propane canister also, but I thought that would be hard on the back. Do they make long wands for the small handheld canister?

When the kids were in 4H with a rabbit project, we used the propane canister to clean up the endless webs that were always in the rabbit barn.

Especially on the chain link fence parts, the spiders and webs were awful, but we took care of that with the propane burner.

~Violet~
Farmgirl Sister #1669

My blog, http://hiddenacre.blogspot.com/
Our Organic Jewelry, http://www.etsy.com/shop/GaelicForge
edlund33 Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 6:43:09 PM
Weed dragons and similar products work great on concrete, bricks, pavers, gravel or dirt. But they should not be used near flammable materials such as asphalt, leaf mulch, compost, beauty bark, straw, arbor chips, fencing, tires or plastic irrigation equipment. You also need to be careful if there is plastic or weed barrier fabric underneath the surface you are treating as it can ignite. They are a great tool if used with some good old common sense. I have one and love it, but will no longer allow my employees to use them. Care to guess how I know how what things will burn? Ha ha!

Cheers! ~ Marilyn

Farm Girl No. 1100

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
nut4fabric Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 5:28:35 PM
We don't have the weed dragon but something very similar and love it. Works great on the driveway and sidewalk and on our rocked in bank on the lake shore.
Kathy
msdoolittle Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 4:25:39 PM
I would like to know also! We are talking about getting one, too.

In a similar vein, a small handheld propane canister (like one for doing pipes) makes an excellent bug killer....we have Millipede Central all summer, and we just go along where they are congregating and crisp them up! Worked GREAT.

FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com

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