Re: What RoundUp won't kill
- Subject: Re: What RoundUp won't kill
- From: "Merri Morgan" m*@wcgnet.net
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 13:52:48 -0400
The roundup is really inert. Once it hits the soil, it's inactive. As far
as I know, it only really works on leaves in active growth, although I had
some luck drilling a hole in grapevines and pouring the concentrate into
them.
Merri Morgan in zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message -----
From: "tangly cottage gardening" <tangly@pacifier.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: What RoundUp won't kill
> A client sprayed her lawn..where we are planning a perennial garden...
twice
> with Round Up (which I personally do not use at home or on jobs) and it
now
> looks quite dead except for some of the dandelions, which came back. I am
> interested in opinions on whether I can assume it is REALLY dead...and
thus
> a new garden could be created simply by piling soil on top....or if I
should
> not trust the efficacy of the Round Up and use my usual method of layering
> newspapers on top of the (dead?) grass and then piling the soil on top.
Any
> thoughts?
>
> Skyler
>
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