Driveway weeds

[LodgeWI]

I had a new gravel driveway installed a year ago and I battled weeds all last summer. I'm only on the property 1-2 weekends a month. Gly works, but I'm looking for other preventative options. Is there a chemical I can spray that will prevent weeds from germinating? It's a driveway, so I'm not worried about ruining the soil.

Any thoughts?

 

[dogdoc]

You need a herbicide such as TK-10 which is a total vegetation herbicide and ground sterilizer. If you have a tractor supply around you they have several long acting herbicides that will work for a driveway.

 

[catscratch]

What about absorption through roots? I have a drive through the forest, would hate to kill the trees around it.

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[Nebraskaz71]

I stick to gly on mine cause i'm afraid of anything stronger leaching into trees/grass i dont want to kill.

 

[dogdoc]

What about absorption through roots? I have a drive through the forest, would hate to kill the trees around it.

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I don't know about that? I guess you could always use gly with a pre-emergence.

 

[Chainsaw]

I'd use gly for a couple or three years. Eventually all of the seeds close to the surface will have germinated.

 

[DocHolladay]

Ive been using gly mixed with a product called Oust. I use it in driveways, around fence edges, and in landscape. Haven't seen it hurt anything but what it is sprayed on. I used it in my driveway and it kept everything at bay for about 6 months-ish. It may look expensive when you buy it at $19/oz, but that is enough for 10 gallons. The gly will kill the grass/weeds and the Oust sterilizes the ground.

 

[j-bird]

I simply treat with gly. There are ground starlizer products out there but you have to be careful. They work great if they stay where you put them, but they can leach and kill area you don;t want.......I had a buddy that this happened two. Took 2 years for his yard to recover! Old timers used to dump their old hydraulic fluid and motor oil and the like on it to kill them......I'm sure that's an environmental no-no now.....but.....

 

[Chummer]

There is a product called preene (sp). I use it in my mulch beds. It prevents germination but doesn't hurt anything already growing. One application in the spring last all summer.

 

[Nebraskaz71]

I tried preen this year in my landscaping, no luck with it, everything still grew that I didnt want.

 

[Chummer]

I tried preen this year in my landscaping, no luck with it, everything still grew that I didnt want.

Strange. My parent use it in huge rose gardens and they turned me onto it. I have been using it for a few years with good success.

 

[Nebraskaz71]

Did yours have fertilizer in it or just straight preen? Mine had fertilizer mixed, maybe its weaker.

 

[Chummer]

Just preen

 

[Redonthehead]

Another vote for Oust XP

 

[X-farmerdan]

Trade name: Pramitol. Active ingredient: prometone active ingredient 25%. There are others. The herbicide will attach to soil molecules, but its harder for that to happen with gravel. If there's erosion then the herbicide is going along with the soil. Prometon applied at the recommended rates isn't strong enough to do damage to established perennials. It will stop germination of both sprouting perennials and germinating annuals. It is a soil sterilent with a short half-life. You might get a season out of an application.
There are risks. I wouldn't use it on a gravel driveway adjacent to a well manicured lawn. Glyphosate is a safer choice, but,as you know, has no soil activity.