RE: CULT: ?creative ways to apply herbicide

Drag behind a riding mower????  Daddy had three kids to drag it behind!!!

Dana Brown
AIS Region 17 RVP
Director ASI, TBIS
AIS, ASI, MIS, RIS, SPIS, TBIS
Malevil Iris Gardens
www.malevil-iris.com <http://www.malevil-iris.com> 
Lubbock, TX
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
danabrown@peoplepc.com <d*@peoplepc.com> 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Michael
D. Greenfield
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:17 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] 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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