Re: Weed control?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Weed control?
- From: P* H*
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 07:33:56 GMT
>From: Rachel Walker <hellcat@easynet.fr>
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: nsterman@mindsovermatter.com
>CC: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu, perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Weed control?
>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:41:50 +0100
>
>Nan Sterman wrote:
> >
> > Weed season is upon us here in Southern California and I am determined
>to
> > handle it differently this year. What have you all found to be the best
> > way to control weeds? I don't mean prevent weeds -- I know that mulch
>is
> > best for that, but once those pesky annuals and perennials have
>sprouted,
> > what do you use? What great tools have you found to work best and where
> > did you get them?
> >
> > Nan
> > **********
> > '''''''''''''''''''''''
> > Nan Sterman
> > San Diego County California
> > Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
>This will horrify some people but I use a strongish solution of
>glyphosate(many know this as Roundup) in a small handsprayer, using VERY
>low pressure and a coarse spray setting so that the droplets are too
>large for any wind drift, as I live in a very wind part of the world.
>I just zap each weed as I see it. It is necessary only to hit part of
>the plant and quite easy to avoid the garden plants.
>Any accidental spraying of these is immediatly rectified by drenching
>with water from a watering can kept ready.
>I can cover a half acre of garden in half an hour in this way.
>--
>Gordon Walker
>Cat Bells
>15 rue de l'Egalité
>11120 St Marcel sur Aude
>France
>
I have used Round-up in the spray bottle before, especially when it is a
particularly tough weed that keeps coming back, like burdock. However, I
have taken a milk jug and cut the bottom and the top off, placed the
narrower end around the undesired weed and sprayed through the wider end
using the jug as a funnel for the spray, thereby keeping any drift or
dripping spray off of neighboring plants. It works quite nicely!
Pat Hill
NW Oregon
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