RE: RE: Roundup and other herbicides
- Subject: RE: [sibrob] RE: Roundup and other herbicides
- From: &* P* <h*@directcon.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:22:45 -0700
- Importance: Normal
Ken,
Since you mentioned sprayers, I will take advantage to vent. The "Roundup"
sprayer is a two gallon hand held. With 1 gallon of mix, I can get about 10
feet of spraying and my back is painfully telling me quit now or else. I
also have a 4 gallon backpack sprayer. I can load it with 4 gallons of
solution and spray the entire 14,000 square feet Hillside area without a
twitch of pain. Does the fogging nozzle from the "Roundup" sprayer fit on
backpack sprayer? No, the threads and size is different. I had a lot more
distorted flowers as a result.
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden
2048 Hickok Road
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
harold@directcon.net <h*@directcon.net>
www.beautiful-view-iris.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Walkup [k*@cornell.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:19 AM
To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [sibrob] RE: Roundup and other herbicides
Harold & others,
I was going to suggest a little discussion of sprayers; this is
good! does any one else have anything to add about them?
Ken
At 06:43 AM 7/21/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>At least one sprayer manufacturer actually sells a shield for spraying that
>attaches to the spray wand. I have a 2 gallon sprayer that is labeled
>"Roundup" on the tank. It comes with a foaming nozzle. The foaming nozzle
is
>far superior from a control standpoint to the regular brass cone nozzle. I
>purchased the "Roundup" sprayer at Lowe's.
>
>When I tried to get bind weed out of the pool planting area, I unwound the
>bind weed so I had a handful or so free of desirable plants. I put a
>throwaway pie pan half filled with 6 oz/gal Roundup next to the loosened
>bindweed. I then put the loosened bind weed in the Roundup and put a brick
>on top. After 30 minutes or so, I moved the Roundup pie pan to the next
>batch of loosened bind weed. I did not have a potential problem with
animals
>or wildlife drinking the Roundup. If that had been a problem, I would have
>but a plastic milk crate over the pie pan.
>
>Harold Peters
>Beautiful View Iris Garden
>2048 Hickok Road
>El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
>harold@directcon.net <h*@directcon.net>
>www.beautiful-view-iris.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Karl Miller [l*@kcisp.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 4:13 AM
>To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [sibrob] RE: Roundup and other herbicides
>
>
>Hey group,
>A few tricks to better control where your herbicide goes and minimize
>overspray.
>Cut the bottom out of a gallon milk jug or bleach bottle. Stick the spray
>nozzle in through the top about two inches in and attach. This is the
>perfect application for duct tape. Place the jug just above the offensive
>weeds and spray away. This makes a shield so you can spray right next to
the
>good plant without dousing it.
>Another trick for spot non-spray applications is to apply the herbicide
with
>a paint brush. Or use a paint roller with a cheap foam roller on it and
just
>roll it if you have a little larger area.
>Put a latex or rubber glove on and then a cotton glove over that. Stick the
>cotton glove into the herbicide and then swipe or rub your hand through the
>offensive weeds.
>Karl Miller
>Lark Label
>Custom Imaged, Solid metal, Plant Labels
>120 North Old Manor
>Wichita, KS 67208
>316-682-5275 (voice)
>316-682-5276 (fax)
>larklabel@kcisp.net
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bob Hollingworth <cyberiris@cablespeed.com>
>To: <sibrob@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [sibrob] RE: Roundup and other herbicides
>
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> > Lots of good comments and experience in this thread.
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