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Organic Steam Weeding - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 05-20-2025
This sounds like a great idea. Kill weeds with steam. He changes $80 an hour:
Steam weeding is the process of using steam and hot water to heat the water within plant cells, causing them to burst and effectively cooking the plant from the inside. The method kills the plant, but also breaks down seeds in the soil, preventing future weed growth.
https://bigislandnow.com/2025/05/19/business-monday-this-hilo-entrepreneur-kills-weeds-with-safe-steam-not-herbicides/
(And cool, he uses a Japanese Kei truck, so relatively low carbon)
RE: Organic Steam Weeding - bgiles - 05-20-2025
Thank You HOTPE! This is huge.
RE: Organic Steam Weeding - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 06-23-2025
We made an appointment with Steve, to try out his steam weeding. He prefers to schedule a minimum of 2 hours, at $80 an hour.
The steam weeding process is effective, it’s precise, and you can see the initial results almost immediately, weeds are all brown within a few days. If you have kids or pets they don’t have to be exposed to poison. Remember, if you have indoor/outdoor dogs or cats they may walk through an application of Roundup and then walk through your house.
I highly recommend steam weeding.
RE: Organic Steam Weeding - kalianna - 07-10-2025
How did the steam weeding go? Are the weeds staying gone? Got keiki coming up?
RE: Organic Steam Weeding - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 07-11-2025
Are the weeds staying gone?
It’s been almost 3 weeks and the area treated is still 99% weed free. It works as well as anything else I’ve ever used, with no negative side effects.
RE: Organic Steam Weeding - kalianna - 07-11-2025
Good to hear. Thanks for your response.