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Re: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)

>> From: Diana L. Politika <diana@olympus.net>
>> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>> Subject: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
>> Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 5:18 PM
>> In a nutshell: Is it too late to use Round-Up effectively?
>Diana: You might get some limited control on your grass if you use Round-up
>now as it's been mild enough that there could still be some growth
>continuing at this late date.  If you could spray on a sunny day with no
>rain for 24hrs. it would help.  Most of the effectivness of this chemical
>would be lost because of the cooler season - it's so expensive. But, I
>reconize the need to do it at this time - you've got nothing to loose
>except the cost of the spray. Your Kingston, WA. neighbor, Carolyn

Diana, 

This won't help this year, but after the bulb foliage has died down and I
want to dig up bulbs to divide them or take baby bulbs to a nursery bed to
propagate more, I have a little trick for the weeds. I replant the bulbs
then place a 2 to 3 layer of newspapers over the soil and a fine shredded
bark mulch over the top. The newspaper smothers any wanna be weeds
(providing it has been weeded at the time of planting) and by the time the
bulbs are pushing up out of the ground the newspaper has decayed enough for
them to push through. I do check this month to make sure the newspaper has
broken down enough for them to get through. Pretty easy method to keep the
weeds at bay. The baby bulbs thrive in the nursery beds done this way also. 

Carolyn I am really your neighbor in Kingston also!
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Debra Teachout-Teashon
Pacific Northwest Gardening
Planting and Care of Clematis
http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/416
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