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moss on drive

Any suggestions of how to clear moss off tarmac. Its gone slippy and so is a bit dangerous now. I tried jet washing, took ages to do a small patch and was rather messy plus it just came back straight away.

Need to be aware of dogs / cats and wildlife that hop accross the area but think I need some sort of strong weed killer.

any ideas please
misty07

pressure washer and maybe jeyes it after? or get a weed burner thing? burn the hell out of them
12Bore

As misty says, I powerwash then scrub with jeyes, about one a year, the drive faces north and is permanently shaded, often damp.
welsh veg grower

yeah, daft thing is a lot of it is south facing but still gets lots of moss.

The power washer seemed to take for ever and as its a really big drive I was looking for a more direct dare I say easier option than just hard work and water. But really dont want to put anything down thats going to be bad for animals etc.
misty07

jeyes aint bad for animals anyway is it? they use it in kennels etc i used it in stables and my chook coop aswell
sean

It's bad for ferrets.
welsh veg grower

jeyes aint bad for animals anyway is it? they use it in kennels etc i used it in stables and my chook coop aswell


No think Jeys would be ok, but would it be ok without clearing the moss first? Do you think it would kill it?
Mutton

With concrete I've scraped off with a spade. Might damage tarmac.
Ty Gwyn

Red Diesel,even watered down a bit,will do the trick.
12Bore

With concrete I've scraped off with a spade. Might damage tarmac.

I use a hoe, effective, slightly less aggressive. Midland Spinner

Our drive used to have a lovely growth of moss & sedum, but when we had builders in they managed to kill it all off with cement, skip lorries, wheel barrows & sweeping up. So it went all grey & boring. Sad It's only just starting to come back after 4 years. T.G

jeyes isn't good for animals it can be absorbed through the pads.

If you use it you make sure the area is well flushed after.

Salt and a stiff yard brush and good olde elbow grease Mustang

Hire an industrial power cleaner for the day and blast it all the kingdom come? vegplot

Stirling advice.

I'll bring mine down next week. sean

Stirling advice.

Boom tish. Are you here all week and should I try the veal? earthyvirgo

Stirling advice.

I'll bring mine down next week.

@WVG, make sure vegplot doesn't do it on full power, it'll lift the tarmac never mind clear the moss Shocked

I know, he's done it here!!

EV welsh veg grower

Stirling advice.

I'll bring mine down next week.

@WVG, make sure vegplot doesn't do it on full power, it'll lift the tarmac never mind clear the moss Shocked

I know, he's done it here!!

EV

what part of holiday doesnt he get! welsh veg grower

Stirling advice.

I'll bring mine down next week.

so, the plan is you need a break your trapped nerve has been palaying up and I offer a quiet weekend of food and drink and you decide to spend it blasting moss off my drive yeah an ideal rest I would think!!!

I can manage a power washer I even have one, trouble is the damn stuff just comes straight back and its slippy and I'm worried our guests will fly out of the B&B not ideal. vegplot

I was planning on watching someone else do it.

It will grow back again quite quickly though you need to find a way of delaying that.

Perhaps you have to resign yourself to getting out the hoe every once in a while after you've done a blitz to get rid of most of it. Shane

I've heard it said that fitting copper to the top of a roof kills moss. Not sure if it works, and I also heard that the copper can get into water courses in sufficient quantity to be hazardous to the environment. Not sure of the truth of either claim - it's one of those things I never got round to looking into in more detail (although it would possibly have been quicker than my six-monthly sweeping of our roof).

Might be worth looking into - I believe the idea would be that you could run a copper strip across the top of the drive, and the rain would wash enough copper down the drive to keep the moss at bay. As I said, I never looked into whether it actually works or not. Castle Farm

Armillatox.

It's brilliant stuff on moss and can be used to dissentfect dog runs out as it kills the worm eggs. madcat

jeyes fluid is poisenous to cats as far as I know,its banned from our place. Boris would not dream of getting/using anything that would harm the cats or the wildlife.
I have heard that Armillatox does for moss and as our drive is green in places and rather tatty tarmac I shall follow Castle Farm's advice and try it.I get problems with moss growing on the fenders on the boat so will try it for that job as well. The pressure wash cleans them up a bit but doesn't shift the lot,moss is very tenacious. 12Bore

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