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moss, moss everywhere. please help me banish it.

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  • 27-10-2017 9:17pm
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    august12
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    Needs urgent attention, tarmac and footpath laden with the stuff, what is the best and easiest way to tackle this, very slippy at present.


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    Harry Palmr
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    A hoe and a brush?


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    Knine
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    august12 wrote: »
    Needs urgent attention, tarmac and footpath laden with the stuff, what is the best and easiest way to tackle this, very slippy at present.

    I power washed mine and it came back even worse so I'm hoping for a solution too.


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    RegisteredMice
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    Washing powder seems to do the trick.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057089460

    Comment from Muffler:
    Went to Lidl a couple of years ago and bought a large box of the cheapest stuff they had, spread it over the tarmac, left it for a couple of weeks and then gently/lightly power hosed it. Never looked back since


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    exaisle
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    RegisteredMice wrote: »
    Washing powder seems to do the trick.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057089460

    Comment from Muffler:
    Went to Lidl a couple of years ago and bought a large box of the cheapest stuff they had, spread it over the tarmac, left it for a couple of weeks and then gently/lightly power hosed it. Never looked back since

    Yup...biggest box of the cheap and cheerful washing powder works a treat....but get the biological stuff!


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    topnotch
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    Jeyes Fluid works best here for me on my driveway. I mix up a batch at 20:1 in the sprayer and the moss turns brown within a day. One hour after spraying give it a light spray of the garden hose washes it down into the roots.


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    august12
    Registered Users Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭august12


    topnotch wrote:
    Jeyes Fluid works best here for me on my driveway. I mix up a batch at 20:1 in the sprayer and the moss turns brown within a day. One hour after spraying give it a light spray of the garden hose washes it down into the roots.


    Right, will try the jeyes fluid, I did buy the lidl big box of powder, that was two or three years ago, it never made it from the box to the tarmac, will see if the same happens with the jeyes fluid. Thanks for this suggestion.


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    lazybones32
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    I second jeyes fluid but at a much lower rate. I put 40mls/5Litre water and apply with knapsack.
    Applied it Wednesday, moss was dead yesterday.


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    august12
    Registered Users Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭august12


    lazybones32 wrote:
    I second jeyes fluid but at a much lower rate. I put 40mls/5Litre water and apply with knapsack. Applied it Wednesday, moss was dead yesterday.


    Ok, jeyes fluid it is so, at least with this, it doesn't look like it has just snowed, will dilute as you have suggested.


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    fryup
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    does putting washing powder on your footpath make it dangerously slippy??


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