I live somewhat in the boonies. I've a forever-long U gravel driveway. I first tried weeding it it literally is an all-weekend long job (well, 6 hours one day, 5 or 6 the next). Weeding made it somewhat worse as the seeds just get distributed around. As I'm out in nature, I've lots of wildlife and I have no intentions of using any product that would injure the natives, so I went the natural route in my attempt to control the weeds. This included many vinegar concoctions as well as some other organic mostly-citric acid products. I first tried Burnout II because they sold it in larger concentrated bottles and it just isn't economical to buy the little 32-ouce bottles when a keg is needed.
To be fair, I've really given this stuff a chance. I've purchased 6 of the gallon bottles over as many months. I mix it exactly as the instructions say, and apply it exactly as the instructions say. If I could find something else in bulk that was organic, I'd switch in a heartbeat. This stuff is OK at best. It works relatively well on broad-leaf weeds, but only so-so on small grasses. I understand it is not a systemic, and doesn't stop seeds from germinating. What I also understand is that it is $60 a gallon and often does a better job at killing my wallet than my weeds. All in all it has only reduced my workload by about 50%; I still need to weed out all those this won't kill, I still need to attend to the weeds every few weeks, and frankly, I'm not sure it is any more effective than a strong vinegar solution which costs 1/3 as much. So, take that for what it's worth.
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Worked on purslane. Not thistle, grass or mugwort. Bought 2 bottles concentrate and increased doses as I reapplied. Too expensive to continue. Going back to vinegar and dish soap!
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This weed killer worked really well after the first application, but some of the weeds came back about a month later. I called the company that makes it and talked to a chemist there who explained why. It only kills the surface of the weeds. It's not a systemic weed killer, which is why it's safer than many others and can be used around food plants. I'll keep using it for that reason. After a second treatment, many of the weeds didn't come back but some did. It won't kill everything, but it sure knocks them down. You have to shake it up really well before pouring it out of the container. After adding the water, make sure to shake it up well again, and while you're using it too. Otherwise it might clog your sprayer. It did that the first time I used it, not realizing I had to keep shaking the container. It totally clogged my old air pressure sprayer. Had to go buy a better one and made sure I cleaned it really well afterwards.
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I've been battling weeds, including a lot of grass, on a long gravel driveway, and I've tried all sorts of vinegar-based concoctions. They work fine but I would have to buy so many gallons to equal what I can get from 1 gallon of concentrate that it made it worth the financial trade-off--less plastic waste in terms of bottles, less work getting and using the endless gallons of vinegar, and also I feel that the results are longer lasting with the burnout. There's a pretty effective recipe for vinegar, salt, and dishwashing liquid, but the work and smell of heating the vinegar and dissolving the salt means I'd only want to do this for a small job. Yes, for grass you often need to respray, as some other reviewers mentioned. But it cut my work down to about 20% of what I was doing before. And I don't mind the clove smell, and for me, it dissipated in a few days.
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this product only works on new weed growth. older more established weeds are not affected by this product. only tried since not toxic to pets or humans.
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