wrote:

Jim Ledford wrote:
make several applications
once a week until you see yellowing in the undesirable grass.
wet a paper or cloth with the RoundUp® and wipe the grass for
a highly controlled application.


And why waste your time with a weak solution of Roundup and several
applications? Roundup at a typical concentration of about 2-3% will
whack the grass in one application without harming the tree. It's
done routinely all the time.

RoundUp® - the little circle with the R inside implies I'm
using a trade name. after Monsanto lost their patent on roundup
several other manufactures began producing and selling their
version of the product. Dow Agro-Sciences makes theirs and
calls it Glyphomax. Agri Star produced by Albaugh, Inc. makes
theirs and calls it Gly Star. these two products are sold in 2.5
gallon containers at a strength of 41% Glyphosate,
N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine.

at my local Farm supply I can purchase the 2.5 gallon container
for 48 dollars plus tax. I have to mix the product
to the proper strength in order to kill the undesirable plant while
not doing harm to the desirable plant. 3 ounces of product to a
gallon of water makes a midgrade strength solution adequate for most
applications. some more stubborn plants such as poison oak require
6 ounces of product to a gallon of water. in my soybean Farming
operation I mix and calibrate the sprayer rig to apply 32 ounces of
product with 24 gallons of water to an acre of land. results from
one over the top application can be observed on my web page http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t...glyphomax.html

in my lawn care business care must be taken so as not to do harm
to a desirable plant and therefore I will employ the tactic of
several low strength applications so as to achieve the desired
outcome with a negative impact. I was addressing the original
poster as if they might be aware of other products available to
them as alternatives to the overpriced watered down offerings of
the local lowes - home depot type stores.



I am a firm believer in, the amount of enjoyment one obtains
from their endeavor is a result of the work and effort they
put into the endeavor.