"Stubby" wrote in message
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Another trick for applying herbicides is to use two pairs of gloves.
First put on some good, long-sleeve "rubber" gloves to protect
yourself. Next, use a pair of cheap cotton gloves. Soak up the first
finger (maybe thumb, too) in the herbicide and use the other hand to
position the target leaves. This allows leaf-at-a-time application
without spraying.

Thanks for another good idea. The painting method would work well on
the 5-leaf stuff because there's not so much of it. That other stuff,
"gloving" all those leaves would be a pain, and that doesn't deal with
the root system which is lurking there waiting to pop up somewhere else.
You have to get all the leaves connected to the system. If I pull on
the leaf stems and they don't break off (little ones do), I often get a
foot or more of root along with it, and I know there's more left under
there waiting to break out somewhere else.

But I like the sound of that much better than spraying. Worth a try on
a target area and go from there.