Re: CULT: ?creative ways to apply herbicide

How about a sponge mop on a long handle? Never tried one. They used to make a waxed bar to drag behind a riding mower to apply Weed-Be-Gone.

Mike Greenfield
Zone 5b
SW Ohio
Region 6
http://home.cinci.rr.com/irisinohio/
----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: [iris] CULT: ?creative ways to apply herbicide


It has been so windy every time the sun has come out this winter, that I
haven't been able to apply the usual Roundup between iris rows.

Some of you have mentioned using paint brushes and cotton or terry cloth
gloves over rubber gloves to apply Roundup and other herbicides.

That's not practical for the long rows of irises I grow.  I tried a
paint pad on a long handle today, dipping it in a plastic box full of
Roundup solution.  The particular paint pad I tried was too floppy, & I
got frustrated with how long it took to apply.

I may try taping a wide roofing brush to a handle and see how that
works.

A roller might work, especially one of the sponge types, but I'm afraid
it will spatter Roundup, based on experience with painting walls and
being spattered.

Other suggestions, experiences?

-
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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