RE: pesticide article

Actually, round-up is somewhat limited in effectiveness to rather small
plants of this type.  I saw a study recently in the journal "California
Agriculture" where it's comparative usefulness on really persistent,
root-sprouting plants was best at the 2 or 3-pairs of true leaves stage.  If
it is coming up in a lawn, won't you end up killing the lawn there, too?
This is quite a difficult situation which will probably require "painting"
the round-up on the new shoots that appear before they get much bigger than
6 or 8".  Also, it should be noted that if you continue to pull it at this
stage from below soil level with a good weeding implement like an asparagus
knife, eventually the roots will lose their storage reserves and run out of
steam.  That is providing that the parent plant/root stock is completely
killed, and not photosynthesizing and sending out carbos to the roots.  If
the stump won't die and is too large to dig, there is a stump-applied
herbicide whose name I can't recall, but maybe someone on the list knows it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Ratner [t*@verizon.net] 
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 11:16 AM
To: Reidfamily
Subject: Re: pesticide article

The roots have traveled so that shoots come up fifteen and twenty  
feet away.  Digging would mean dismantling the lawn and flower and  
shrub beds.  My present thought is to let some of the shoots grow up  
quite tall and then use Round-up in hopes that more of it will be  
taken to the roots by the greater quantity of leaves.  Cathy
On Aug 4, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Reidfamily wrote:

> I LOVE this solution!  Of course, a good long soak beforehand with a
> slow-dripping hose to saturate the ground would be helpful. I have  
> used it
> more than once for chores I simply don't have the bandwidth or  
> strength to
> do myself.  For $10/hr - much more than minimum wage, one can get A  
> LOT done
> by a strong young man or woman.  They always get a dip in the pool
> afterwards when it's hot, and lunch on the shady deck.  Well worth the
> $10-$50 dollars spent for work that would take me several days and  
> undue
> soreness!
> Karrie
>
> -----
> On Aug 3, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Catherine Ratner wrote:
>
>> Thank you, thank you, thank you for your comments.  I will save
>> them forever to show those people who assert moral superiority
>> because THEY wouldn't use Round-up.  I use it as you do, sparingly
>> and carefully.  What would you use to kill an unwanted Wisteria
>> which is still sprouting after four years?
>
> A teenager with a strong back and a sharp shovel
>
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