Re: OT: Roundup/Bleach
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk]OT: Roundup/Bleach
- From: d*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:54:17 EDT
In a message dated 8/6/2001 6:08:56 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
koekkoek@mtcnet.net writes:
>
> Doris, I find that Spectracide works just like Roundup--on plants, not on
> the soil or in the soil--but is just so much faster. I like it a lot
> because I can see within 24 hours if I've gotten it on the plant; don't
> have to wait 2 weeks like Roundup
That part I like. . .RU is slower to show the demise of the sprayed
plant. . .
. They aren't really systemics, because that would mean you could spray on
the soil, the plants would suck it up and
> then die.
Nope. . Arnold. . .RU IS a systemic, that is, the actively growning
plant absorbs the spray and it circulates (for lack of a more scientific
word) through the plant and DOWN INTO THE ROOT SYSTEM, which is why RU is so
good on Bermuda and Johnson grass. . non-systemics just top kill, leaving the
rhizome roots to sent up new shoots.
Systemics are the insecticides that are absorbed by the plants so that
> plant and die.
>
> Yes, there are systemic insecticides also and they work as you said.
>
> I've used RU for probably 25 years and I buy the commerical FULL
> STRENGTH model. . expensive as heck. Last gallon I bought was $108.00. BUT.
> . .the proportions of RU to water are small, it WORKS, and it lasts for a
> very long time - for me. . probably 3-4 years when I was farming. . now
>
Doris Elevier zone 7, El Paso, TX where it's hot, dry and windy!
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right,
or doing it better. --John Updike
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