I have never seen one of those electric patio brushes! That is exactly what I need to control the moss and weeds growing between the interlocking brick.
Getting rid of noxious weeds
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Same here-good idea!Possibly could be made as an attachment for gas and electric powered upper motor trimmer type power units.Lawn care services might go for those,too.
Suppose if you use the Sebo once or twice a year for weeding-OK,and good the floor shoes are easily replaced.For that duty would think you would have to replace the brushroll-on Sebos,of course they are easy to change.Maybe Sebo needs to make a "weeding" brushroll!Would have stiffer,coarser bristles.
Suppose if you use the Sebo once or twice a year for weeding-OK,and good the floor shoes are easily replaced.For that duty would think you would have to replace the brushroll-on Sebos,of course they are easy to change.Maybe Sebo needs to make a "weeding" brushroll!Would have stiffer,coarser bristles.
Another tool for the Giant Thistle plant---A KEE Mower.These are common in the South.They are composed of a vertical or horizontal shaft engine coupled to an open front mower deck by a belt drive.so if you are mowing in tall material and hit a stump,buried rock,or survey post-the belt slips and prevents bending the blade and damaging the motor.The orig Kee mowers used sickle mower blades bolted to a rotary blade bar carrier.When the sickle blades dulled-just take them out and flip them over-new edge.Becuase of present safety rules for walk behind mowers-bolt on blades on carriers no longer allowed.Blades for Kee mower can be high lift-reg grass cutting-or no lift-for that thistle plant.When I had a Kee mower-you could set the motor at just above idle speed and wade thru high grass and weeds about all day.and the machine was well balanced so you could almost push it with one finger.Some models were self propelled.Getting ready to get another.The rear wheels on the Kee were like large bike wheels and swivel wheel casters on the front of the deck.Well designed machines.Used ones out here sell quickly.
sebo_fan
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The brush roll came with the ET1 floor head. It has never been replaced. The bristles are washable.
As for that electric patio brush, there are pros and cons. Feedback owners online state that the wheels wear down quickly and replacement parts can be expensive.
Whilst the SEBO is good for chopping off heads, I'd still be inclined to pressure wash first and then after all soil has dried out, do a quick vacuum to get all the dirt and soil up. Then I would apply Round Up.
I have also been advised to mix Round Up with Washing up liquid (dish liquid) as it makes it stronger.
As for that electric patio brush, there are pros and cons. Feedback owners online state that the wheels wear down quickly and replacement parts can be expensive.
Whilst the SEBO is good for chopping off heads, I'd still be inclined to pressure wash first and then after all soil has dried out, do a quick vacuum to get all the dirt and soil up. Then I would apply Round Up.
I have also been advised to mix Round Up with Washing up liquid (dish liquid) as it makes it stronger.
vacuumlover
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just cut them down and get salt onto where you cut them. Same thing goes for weeds in the path/slabs. Pull what you can up then get salt on the roots/whats left.
mark40511
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@ sebo_fan
LOL - I did that same type of thing just the other day outside my front door, it's sort of a sheltered area and there were spider webs all over and the welcome mat and concrete steps had outdoor dust/dirt all over them, so I took my Shark out and vacuumed it all high and low. I felt like a fool but it's does a much better job that sweeping with a broom.
LOL - I did that same type of thing just the other day outside my front door, it's sort of a sheltered area and there were spider webs all over and the welcome mat and concrete steps had outdoor dust/dirt all over them, so I took my Shark out and vacuumed it all high and low. I felt like a fool but it's does a much better job that sweeping with a broom.
davetranter
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Two Cents' worth
'Electric Patio Brush' Looks like one can be made from an old Black and Decker drill with a wire brush in it, tied to a broom handle. If in doubt, IMPROVISE!! ;-)
'Roundup + Washing up liquid' The washing up liquid works as a 'wetting agent', allowing the weedkiller to be more effective on any plant with a waxy, shiny, or hairy leaf surface.
Interesting thread
All best
Dave T
'Electric Patio Brush' Looks like one can be made from an old Black and Decker drill with a wire brush in it, tied to a broom handle. If in doubt, IMPROVISE!! ;-)
'Roundup + Washing up liquid' The washing up liquid works as a 'wetting agent', allowing the weedkiller to be more effective on any plant with a waxy, shiny, or hairy leaf surface.
Interesting thread
All best
Dave T
floor-a-matic
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I got a bull thistle outbreak (Super Breakout) in my back yard; about the size of a football field instead of just a few here & there. I tried to mow it down with my old Massey Ferguson tractor but the blade split in half
marks_here
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Well then do like we do here to get rid of the yellow jacket nests . . . Gasoline!!! I wood have suggested this earlier but sometimes you have to just screw what the environmentalists suggest & take matters into your own hands!!
floor-a-matic
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The Garden Bully
Ugly looking plant--looks like the plants on the Sci-fi,horror movie "Day of the Triffids!"Only way I would want to takle those is on a tractor with a brush hog!Or try salt water on as done on that horror movie-that killed and dissolved the plants.
kirbysthebest
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There are other alternatives
Name it and become friends.
You could put lights on it at Christmas time.
NUKE IT!!!
Name it and become friends.
You could put lights on it at Christmas time.
NUKE IT!!!
floor-a-matic
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back yard full of thorns
bought a dr trimmer & cut thru those thistles nicely
behind the ol red barn was the worst place
bought a dr trimmer & cut thru those thistles nicely
behind the ol red barn was the worst place
vacerator
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Thistle grows
between all of my butterfly garden plants and rose bushes, so ground clear or weed whacking is not an option. Preen does not work, so I get my garden gloves, dandilion weed puller, and get them before they bloom or seed.
Doing my part for the bee's, butterflies, and that is "Salt of the Earth!
I tolerate quite a lot for them. Is one's way the only way?
between all of my butterfly garden plants and rose bushes, so ground clear or weed whacking is not an option. Preen does not work, so I get my garden gloves, dandilion weed puller, and get them before they bloom or seed.
Doing my part for the bee's, butterflies, and that is "Salt of the Earth!
I tolerate quite a lot for them. Is one's way the only way?
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