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Re: Roundup - Safe or Not?

How about trying vinegar on the weeds? I use it on weeds that grow in the
cracks in my driveway and it seems to work okay. I don't know if it would
change your Ph in your sqares or not but I'm sure someone else on the list
would know.

Richard(zone 6)
Brooklyn, NY

>In most normal use, the active ingredient breaks down into a
>common salt in a few hours. I think I remember that it was immediately upon
>contact with any Iron compound.

My understanding is that the _inactive_ ingredients are also not
really good stuff to be washing into the groundwater, and that they
take longer to break down.

So I'd recommend (to the original poster) against using it, but then
again, I use Raid when I find ants in the house, so who am I to talk?

On the other hand, you might want to do a little research, or try
one squirt on one plant and wait a little while for resprouting,
to make sure that the stuff will do the job on the weed you're
fighting. It'd be a shame to compromise your organic principles and
not actually get anything out of it.

Martha
mart@best.com

M. Wilson
mart@best.com


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