Re: was Killing grass now is RoundUp
- Subject: Re: was Killing grass now is RoundUp
- From: "Beth" B*@hotmail.com
- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:15:15 -0400
Whew ! I'll look for a nice day and give it a try - sounds back-breaking,
but it's either that or give up, I'm afraid ! And the longer I put it off,
the bigger the job.
----- Original Message -----
From: "genebush" <genebush@otherside.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: was Killing grass now is RoundUp
> Hello Beth,
> We had a very bad invasion of horsetail here in my garden. Nothing
would
> get rid of the stuff. Everything we seemed to do only encouraged it to
take
> over more territory. JoAn took pure roundup, an eyedropper and pair or
> scissors our one day and sat on a bucket in the middle of it all. Took the
> scissors and cut the stems one at a time. Each hollow tube she filled with
> roundup using the eyedropper. They were dead by the 3rd day... all the way
> into the roots and runners dead. Have not had a single appearance of
> horsetail since and that was about 3 or 4 years back.
> Gene E. Bush Zone 6 Southern Indiana
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, LLC
> http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > And of course, we need to add horsetail to the list of things that
RoundUp
> > doesn't kill (makes it look sickly, but not dead, in spite of multiple
> > applications...).
> snip.....
>
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