On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 13:58:52 -0000, GaryM wrote:

I have read here a few times the recommendatioon to apply weed killer
with a sponge. For grass and weeds around the shrubs around my
foundation is it OK to use this method? If so, where on the week do you
apply it and to how much?

RoundUp is a powerful herbicide spray that's absorbed through plant
foliage. It'll kill everything except ivy and vinca. Suggestions to
apply with a brush or sponge-tipped tongs are meant for places where
one wants, for example, to eliminate specific weeds in a flowerbed of
desirable plants. That is, where wholesale spraying is not practical.
You can probably (carefully) spray the weeds and grass around your
shubs with good effect. RoundUp doesn't poison the ground or kill
through the ground or roots.

For application directions, read the label. RoundUp is sold in both
ready-to-use spray bottles and containers of concentrate designed to
be diluted before spraying (or painting or sponging). It is applied to
living foliage (won't do a thing for eliminating dried grass) on the
morning of a preferably sunny day when rain isn't expected. Day of the
week is not pertinent.