"Bevan Price" wrote in
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"Fredrick Skoog" wrote in
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Hi All,

I've inadvertently managed to spray some glyphosate on some
bulbs
(hyacinths
I think) and am wandering what effect it will have. It's killing
the
foliage
as I would expect it to but is it likely to kill the actual bulb
as
well?

Probably. Although it is absorbed via the leaves, it affects all
parts
of the plant.

Franz


Glyphosphate did not kill my Scilla Campanulata (Spanish Bluebell)
when I tried to reduce their numbers last year - they
are mostly back again this year, choking everything else as usual.

My guess is that at the time you applied the glyphosate there were
already either newly formed bulbs or seeds underground with no
topgrowth, so they could not absorb the glyphosate.

Franz