"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Mike Lyle
writes
I don't know of any ill-effect on plants of glyphosate residue at
root level. Not even the URL above claims any such effects.



As one who is currently suffering from an overload of caustic remarks
after recommending, in innocence, a Roundup container, (I was
recommending the container which allows you to fill a small plastic
gun/nozzle via a plunger and then spray rather than the chemical
therein) I can sympathise!

However I used a flame gun to go along the bottom of hedges, especially
in the damp or in the winter when my hawthorn doesn't have leaves.
The gun is not intended to burn up the foliage but rather to heat treat
it and it will die, then you go along a couple of weeks later and redo
it and the foliage will burn up easily,. |This shouldn't affect the wire
nor the hedges and should be safe.
I also use the gun on patios etc where there are ponds about and birds,
this way the moss and weed get killed off but there's no dangerous
substances to lay around


Is it a 'parosene' butane fuelled 'gun'? If so, there have been opinions
voiced here that it is next to useless. Personally, I disagree, but anyone
thinking of buying one might like to be aware of the negative feedback on
this group before shelling out.