How do you get rid of weeds on the paving that keep coming back?

How can one get rid of weed on paving that keeps coming back even after using weedkiller?
  12 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jan 27, 2017

    Try boiling water, orwhite vinegar,water,salt and dish soap, or sprinkle rock salt. Just make sure there are no plants or grass around as any of these methods will kill them to.

  • MN Mom MN Mom on Jan 27, 2017

    I always rely on boiling water. Pour it from a teapot or other spouted container to help direct it into the affected area. Works like a charm!

  • Shula Shula on Jan 27, 2017

    Strong salt and water mixture.

  • William William on Jan 28, 2017

    I take an old sock, fill it with rock salt, put it in garden sprayer till the salt dissolves. Remove the sock and spray the pavers down getting in between any joints. I sprayer on the side of my house where I have river rock. Killed the weeds in about 3 days and they haven't come back for 1 1/2 years.

    • Swinnen Lisette Swinnen Lisette on Feb 02, 2017

      William, at my work there are several busheries where, through the membrame and riverrocks, that nasty underground crawling grass grows. You know, with white roots just under and above the ground. I would like to use your system, only there are bushes planted also....If I clear a couple of inches around those bushes, won't the salt water go to the "bushes roots"? What to do in such a case?

  • Hillela G. Hillela G. on Jan 29, 2017

    Salt the area, good luck!

  • Que19265127 Que19265127 on Feb 02, 2017

    ready from store)...add some weedkiller...fill the gaps to surface level like grouting tiles. Only work when rain is not expected for 2 hours or so. Be neat and tidy!

    (I think some text got lost there....let me know!)


  • William William on Feb 02, 2017

    Swinnen Lisette. The salt water will kill everything. I do not recommend using it where anything is growing. My suggestion is to clear away the river rock in sections and lay down plastic sheeting over the membrane covering the grass roots and replacing the rock over the sheeting.. This will suffocate the grass roots and won't hurt the bushes.

  • William William on Feb 02, 2017

    Swinnen Lisette. The salt water will kill everything. I do not recommend using it where anything is growing. In your situation, clear away the river rock in sections, lay down plastic sheeting over the membrane covering the grass roots, and replace the rock over the sheeting. It will suffocate the grass roots and won't harm the bushes.

  • Dfm Dfm on Feb 27, 2017

    first, kill the plant. boiling hot water, vinegar....round up. choose you weapon and apply it. when the vegetation is dead scrape out the crack as best you can and use an asphalt or cement caulk meant for caulking cracks. it's a real drippy product, self levels. did great to keep the water from coming in house - there was a 3/4 inch gap between house and patio slab. the slab had settled so the side lower was at the house. there hasn't been any vegetation growing there since i applied it 2 yrs ago.

  • Redcatcec Redcatcec on Mar 24, 2024

    I have never have gotten very good results with any version of vinegar, dish soap, salt combos. Boiling water kills to the root, Eventually new weeds will come.