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Old 25-05-2010, 04:00 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Round-Up- how long wait before planting?

On May 24, 6:29*pm, zxcvbob wrote:
On 5/24/2010 8:26 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:

Reluctantly I used Round-Up (tfui!) on an small area where nasty weeds
had been obnoxiously growing around a stump I have just had removed.


I want to put something else in there, but am not too experienced with
Round-Up.


How long should I wait, for safety's sake, before transplanting a
shrub in that area?


TIA


Hypatia


You can safely overplant immediately. *But it might be better to wait
until the weeds are showing some distress before you disturb them, to
make sure the RU has made its way into the roots.

Bob


Sorry, my message was not clear. The gardener who dug out the stump
took the weeds out as well. I was worried about deeper roots, so
applied
the (tfui) Round-Up. Nothing is now showing on the surface, so that
is why I am confused about how long I need to wait while Round-Up
does its thing underground.