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Seasonal Tips for Feb & Mar - Weed Control

Early spring is the best time to make a start on weed control in the garden. As the weather starts to warm up annual weeds quickly germinate and colonise bare ground, while perennial weeds start into growth.  Use Westland Resolva 24 ready to use weedkiller on persistent weeds such as docks, dandelions and other weeds with deep roots. Always read the labes and use pesticides safely.

  • Keep the vegetable and fruit beds weed free. Weeds not only compete for any available food and water, but they also provide shelter for a number of garden pests and diseases. Dig out any perennial weeds making sure to remove all the roots or treat with Weed Buster or the new Resolva 24H™.  Hoe off any annual weed seedlings as they appear. Always hoe when the soil is slightly dry and on a sunny day so that the decapitated seedlings will quickly wither.
  • Occasional lawn weeds can be dug out with a hand tool but be sure to get out all of the root system. If there are lots of weeds and moss too then save time and effort and use the triple action Lawn Feed, Weed & Moss Killer from March to September. The added weed killer quickly deals with a variety of common and persistent lawn weeds, encouraging them into fast and uncontrolled growth until they literally burn themselves out and die.
    It also contains fertiliser to boost the grass and help it to compete with weeds and moss and since moss thrives in low nutrient levels, by feeding the lawn you actually help to deter further moss invasion. 
  • Lawn Feed, Weed & Moss Killer will turn any moss in the lawn black after about 1-2 weeks. Rake out the dead moss and use the Lawn Repair Kit to treat the bare patches.
  • Tackle perennial weeds such as bindweed, dandelions and docks as soon as they start to grow vigorously. Use the new Resolva 24H™; it contains the effective weed control, Glyphosate that controls the weed right down to the roots and a contact weedkiller that provides instant, visible results. This new technology combines the speed of a contact weed killer with the deep down root killing activity of a systemic weedkiller. The results are simply amazing. Resolva 24H™ works so quickly that you can actually see results in 24 hours so you really do know it is working. It actually speeds up the action of the weedkiller so that you get great results fast. It uses the unique IQ technology™, which combines glyphosate with a fast ‘burn down’ herbicide in a formulation that’s designed to deliver the best results ever. Resolva 24H™ utilizes improved surfactant technology so that the deep acting glyphosate ingredient penetrates the weed faster, reaching the root system quickly for faster results. It moves to the shoots and roots of the weed rapidly, ensuring complete destruction.

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