02-20-2019, 02:30 AM
I'm really glad to hear about your choice keirgan! [
] It is a responsible one rather than ignoring the problems with using weed killers which so many other residents and some Puna-Webbers seem to do.
I also use the blow torch propane method and it works just fine.
I do it in the morning after a semi dry period so the grasses are still dewy and no chance of any fire spreading. Just avoid torching the staghorn fern as it will ignite like dry cotton soaked with diesel.
Also I wait till 8:00 a.m. as the sound of my torch is a bit like a jet engine and don't want to irritate any late sleeping neighbors.
] It is a responsible one rather than ignoring the problems with using weed killers which so many other residents and some Puna-Webbers seem to do.I also use the blow torch propane method and it works just fine.
I do it in the morning after a semi dry period so the grasses are still dewy and no chance of any fire spreading. Just avoid torching the staghorn fern as it will ignite like dry cotton soaked with diesel.
Also I wait till 8:00 a.m. as the sound of my torch is a bit like a jet engine and don't want to irritate any late sleeping neighbors.