Treatment of weeds

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We apply a non-residual, contact weed killer (which has no harmful effects on the soil) throughout the growing season across York, to control weeds growing on:

• kerbs
• footpaths
• back lanes

When we treat weeds

Subject to weather conditions and the growing season, we aim to treat weeds:

• 3 times a year
• between the end of April and mid-September

Each application takes approximately 3 weeks to complete across the city, depending on the weather.

How we treat weeds

Weed killer is delivered using ride-on machinery, with modern technology and best practice, to reduce the amount of chemicals we need to use.

Because of the way we treat weeds:

• only weeds that are growing at the time of treatment will be killed
• weeds will begin to die 10 or more days after they have been sprayed
• any weeds that appear after treatment will continue to grow until the next treatment
• weeds are always visible, but in various states

We start to inspect treated areas 2 weeks after the start of the season, and apply further treatments where required.

Also see

• Environment and animals
• Grass cutting
• Leaf clearing