RE: CULT: Herbicidal Drift
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- Subject: RE: CULT: Herbicidal Drift
- From: "* M* <M*@tc.gc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 14:41:54 -0600 (MDT)
But, Walter, if you had accidentally sprayed one of your favourite
seedlings, I bet that it would have died.
Maureen Mark
mmark@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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> From: Walter A. Moores[SMTP:wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu]
> Reply To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 3:32 PM
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> Subject: Re: CULT: Herbicidal Drift
>
> Several years ago I thought I could get rid of a number of
> inferior seedlings by spraying them with Roundup and not have to
> perform
> the backbreaking labor of digging up the rhizomes, shaking off the
> dirt,
> and carting them to the trash dumpster. Well, it did not work! The
> irises were only top-killed with the leaves yellowing, browning, and
> then
> falling off. About three weeks later after a good soaking rain, all
> the
> foliage returned, and the irises were as healthy as ever. I have also
> attempted to kill unwanted daylily seedlings with Roundup, and it did
> not
> work. The usual ratio of water to Roundup did not kill these plants,
> and
> I am wondering if it would work with full strength Roundup.
>
> The only damage from herbicidal drift (Roundup) I have seen is
> distorted blooms (irises and daylilies) and browning of leaf tips. I
> have
> not seen total kill from occasional drift when label directions were
> followed.
>
>
> Allan Ensminger can tell you a different story about herbicidal
> drift when the railroad company sprayed something along the
> right-of-way
> that was probably 100% stronger than Roundup.
>
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
