[adri123]

Hi

In the PT I have raised beds using scaffold planks.  Between them I have weed fabric with gravel on top but still they are getting overgrown with weeds poking through.

Would it be OK to use glyphosate on the paths?  Or is there another method I haven't thought of?

TIA

Adri

[Nikkithefoot]

The weeds should be really easy to pull out if they are growing in gravel over weed membrane. Any weedkiller will only kill actively growing weeds. I would just pull them out as I see them.

[Growster...]

I always use Roundup on the 'hard shoulder' between a grass path and the 8' x 4' beds. The whole lot is level, so mowing is a doddle.

Glypho is pretty slow to work at the moment, as it needs a strong growth to stir things up, so it may be best to hoik out the weeds as Nikki says, then hit them all when it warms up, which in a polytunnel should be earlier than using the stuff outside!

[AlaninCarlisle]

I've been using either Roundup or Gallop (both glyphosate) weedkiller in my polytunnel for exactly the situation described for several years now with no ill effects.

[adri123]

It's just the idea of putting down 'poison' near to where I grow our veg that makes me concerned.

Thanks for all the replies.

Adri