Re: How to Control Gound Ivy?

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Lois:

Last summer I did trials with Iron-X which is sold by Gardens Alive and  
their related companies.  It's an iron derivative and it was very   affective 
in controlling ground ivy.  It's not cheap but for small areas  where you 
don't want to use chemicals it will kill the ground ivy with two  
applications.  We did our test on a 100 square foot plot of lawn during the  summer.  
The lawn in this area was thin with ground ivy and dandelions  being very 
pervasive.  We used a one gallon watering can to get good  coverage and no 
drift, followed the label rate and the first application  gave noticeable results 
with the second application as a follow up as per the  instructions.

I think I saw a similar product containing HEDTA  in a RTU  spray bottle at 
a garden center this week.  Not sure I'd want to spray it  though as any 
drift onto other dicots may affect them as well.  As it gets  warmer we're 
going to try using a foam paint brush with the product this summer  for spot 
applications.

The product is also sold in Canada under a different trade name and is one  
of only a few herbicides permitted under the very restrictive Canadian 
regs.  that apply to herbicide use.

I think I did an extensive posting on the list about our trials so you may  
find it in the archives.

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a  registered trade mark and is published every 
Thursday in The Southampton Press,  The Press and the Easthampton Press 

In a message dated 5/6/2011 2:17:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
loisdan@juno.com writes:

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