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Re: Roundup - My Two Cents


Donna wrote:
     
>Yes this is a can of worms, and I will try to restrain myself!
     
>Common household vinegar is an effective weedkiller and far less harmful to 
>anything or anybody.
     
I'll try not to open that can of worms. Just a word of advice for Mark based 
only on personal experience. Your description of this weed sounded suspiciously 
like bermuda grass. We had a terrible invasion of bermuda in our veg garden 
last spring. First we tried Roundup. Then we tried Roundup again. Then we tried 
Roundup again. Every two weeks. Three times. It would sorta kill the green part 
(turned brown) on top, but never ever killed the roots. We finally ended up 
digging it out and pulling it up by hand. I really doubt that vinegar would be 
more effective at killing this weed than Roundup. We were careful to follow 
directions, careful to spray when winds were calm, and there was no drift. Our 
tomatoes were within 2 feet and did not suffer at all. I am still healthy. 
Perhaps since the tomatoes weren't affected, and neither were the weeds, this 
batch of Roundup might not have worked on anything at all! My two cents is, 
don't use Roundup on bermuda grass. It works on most everything else, but it is 
expensive in my book. We worked hard to pull out most weeds, including puncture 
vine and stinging nettle, by hand, and now we have very few weeds that we can't 
keep control on. Bermuda grass is a pain to pull out by hand. Maybe there is a 
"nicer" weed killer out there that will kill bermuda but not really kill good 
grass or plants.

Good luck,

Shawn
swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
Claremont, CA  USDA9b Sunset19
     


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