Re: Roundup Use

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From: MKMackey1@aol.com
Subject: Re: [GWL] Roundup Use

> Years ago, I had deformed lilies come up in the same bed where I had 
> carefully carefully dipped the fiddle heads of bracken fern in Round Up. 
> The bracken fern died, but the look of those lilies--which >were not 
> particularly near the bracken--was enough to swear me off the stuff

I have a 30 foot row of lilies, six foot Easter lilies originally dating 
back to about 1950, now in glorious bloom and perfuming the neighborhood. 
Nearly every year one, occasionally two, come up deformed but look fine the 
following year. I have never used Roundup anywhere near them.

Duane Campbell
Syndicated garden columnist
Author: Best of Green Space; 30 Years of Composted Columns 

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