Welcome to the weed burners club! I have been at it for years. I use Red Dragon kit from Gameco, its brilliant. Pro tip, don't try to burn the weeds; just heat them enough to cook them (color fades). Wet weed flaming is best. Heat till you see steam and they are dead. Always apply water afterwards just in case you got over enthusiastic and created embers. No chemicals and well its a dam site more fun using a flame thrower. PS redo when you see baby weeds coming up, it will really nail them. Keep up the great content, love the channel!❤‍🔥

Great assessment Tim! My lesson to add to the discussion is to take it easy around plastic irrigation pipe!! Learned the hard way!

Brilliant!! I’ve always wondered how effective they’d be. Now I know. Many thanks!

You're the best Tim. I'm going to buy one today.

Tim! Those MUST BE some pretty big NUTS! THANKS, for another GREAT information video! I set my tank up, exactly like yours! The ONE thing I learned on my own, was on overgrown weeds from years of neglect (and thank God no Glyphosate), on a High Tensile fenceline pasture, that I moved my horses to. The weeds were thick and thatched over the wire, with years of growth! Little did I know, that HT wire DOESN'T LIKE FIRE! The lowest 3 wires all became brittle and then broke when I tried working with them! Bummer! I've used torches for weed control all over and love it as much as respecting it. Especially in drought when weeds LOVE to take over! I need a new torch this fall, so I'll have to check out the models you've shown here! As always, your opinions and recommendations are ALWAYS SPOT ON, MATE! Love your channel!!❤❤❤❤

@FarmLearningTim

9 ай бұрын

Yep, HT wire falls apart in fire.... Thanks for the comment!

i’ve used the weed burner from harbor freight for several years. it works great, and can be ran at a low candle intensity for the pilot flame. very handy with a 5 or 10# bottle doing controlled burns

Good morning, Tim, I saw the title and went, CRAP, he has a flame gun, great bit of kit, might have to get one. Cheers

My wife the weed controlor would love it.

I've found that flame weeding works best when weeds are very small and it's faster and less labour-intensive than occultation for row crops that can't be grown with plastic mulch. I've got a few burners strapped to a toolbar that makes it a cinch to burn raised beds with the tractor... actually takes longer to put it on and take it off the linkage than it does to do the weeding!

Have you tried or are you going to try the Weedtechnics steam weeder? We have one and it is just a beast! I think you'd enjoy it and find a benefit from it. My observations of the fire method is that it doesn't kill the roots, just the exposed surfaces. The steam weeder can get into the root zone and actually kill the whole thing. It would take longer to actually do the job though as the plants need more time exposed to the steam and it probably costs more to run than the fire method. That said though we have used it to control really tough weeds that roundup and grazon were having a tough time controlling. ...and a side benefit, it also doubles as a high pressure steam cleaner as well. Nice work Tim.

@FarmLearningTim

9 ай бұрын

Hopefully they get onto me for a review. Sounds good

@inspectorgadget5691

9 ай бұрын

I looked into buying a decent steamer, maybe around $20,000

I have been burning weeds for 3 years around trees, equipments, grass burr & fence. It helps a lot to control but it doesn’t burn the roots. Buy a longer one 36” or 50” the ground gets pretty hot🔥.

@inspectorgadget5691

9 ай бұрын

Good point. I have a Shields Weed Control burner and I wonder how long I have to hold the nozzle at the ground to heat the roots? Also how far down does the heat penerqte the ground? I have yet to get a thermometer, burn 30sec, 60m sec etc dig the ground and measure the heat penetration.

We tried using a flame thrower for yrs. Quickly found out some weeds LOVE fire- they grow back faster & fire pushes plant into producing seed no matter time of year. It was really fun though - thistles, hate flame! Tussock grasses-no.

I was surprised how fast you went along. How about using this for controlling green tough stuff like ragwort, thistles etc ? Would that work instead of chemicals as I have had enough of PPE gear.

@FarmLearningTim

9 ай бұрын

Some bits were sped up.... people have 8 second attention spans....

*I had a bad rupture from a torch line, and it shot a huge ball of fire everywhere.* Now I use a fresnel lense, and good 'ol sunshine to fry weeds. I use a simply pillow sack for safety, and have someone follow me with a bucket of water and a mop. During "no burn season" we use a high pressure water wand to target weeds....but it's more difficult than the fresnel.

@TronVila

Күн бұрын

That’s adorable

@thomasg4324

Күн бұрын

@@TronVila I have never known anyone to refer to weeding as adorable. It's a necessary chore of no real note..like shoveling snow, or washing a car. I would use the word mundane, but to each his own I guess.

@TronVila

Күн бұрын

@@thomasg4324 your new method and precautions are what’s adorable

@thomasg4324

Күн бұрын

@@TronVila Hey you can find it lovable if you want. Whatever floats your boat.

I'm going to look for a convenient place to hang a gas bottle off the back of my ride on. Trundling around the property with one of these flamethrowers in one hand and a coldie in the other holds a certain appeal.

@FarmLearningTim

9 ай бұрын

Love the smell of napalm in the morning…..

How different is the new device from the flamethrower back In the Sixties?

@inspectorgadget5691

9 ай бұрын

Flame maybe 20 or 30cm, not like flame thrower in WWII 20 or 30 metres

Looking for some weed burning videos and find the old year 9 viticulture teacher😂 15 years later and still taking me to school

@FarmLearningTim

6 ай бұрын

I’m still waiting for your Pythagoras assignment…. 🙄

@Brad_Bosua

6 ай бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim good luck with getting that! I may have to reach out in the future, I’ve just bought a 2.5 acre hobby farm and doing some hobbyist hydroponics. Always keen for advice from someone who knows what they’re doing 😂

I tried this small scale with a blow torch in my vege patch. I had to hold it on so long for some, i questioned its benefits. Maybe i was doing it wrong?

@vsvnrg3263

9 ай бұрын

in this video it was a quick cooking of the weeds. i am impressed. i had a similar weapon but never thought about using it this way. i tried the burn to the ground technique. it was obviously unecessary afterv seeing this video. try speeding it up in your vegie patch next time.

@inspectorgadget5691

9 ай бұрын

Agree, quite time consuming let alone cost of gas

I presume it works by overheating/scalding the weeds? How do you avoid it damaging the young vines?

@FarmLearningTim

9 ай бұрын

I didn’t heat the vine leaves. They are on the trellis

@vsvnrg3263

9 ай бұрын

the base of the vines have bark covering them. the bark has insulating properties totally suited to this quick method.

I'm not sure, but I would look at a better trolley so the liquid stays in the bottle 😉 great work love watching all ur videos.

@FarmLearningTim

9 ай бұрын

It’s gas mate. If gas gets out I’d explode. 😂

@MrNungaroo

9 ай бұрын

Yes it's gas that comes out but in the bottle is liquid not sure how that burns coming out of the burner

I’m concerned that you’re scorching the stems of the young vines there, Tim. I hope they’re ok! 😬