On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:29:46 +0100, The Night Tripper
wrote:

Hi All
we & the neighbours have a Jerusalem Vine (not sure if that's the
correct name, but never mind) growing between our gardens which I'd like
to
get rid of. The neighbours are happy for me to attack it via our side of
the
fence but I don't want to start going round their side too much to get at
where the lower parts originate.

I am planning to spray the parts which overhang our garden with with
Glyphosate, but I would also like to subsequently cut back as much of the
overhanging vine as possible.

How long should I wait after spraying before cutting back? That is, how
quickly will the Glyphosate travel back to the rest of the plan and do
its
nasty business. A day? couple of days? or should I wait a week or so
until
it's actually dying off?


You'll know that the Glyphosate has reached the roots and started to work,
when the leaves begin to go brown. Then you can cut it back.

Spray it on a calm day, and if there are other plants nearby have a can of
water ready to drench them after spraying, just in case of drift.

NB. I will certainly NOT suggest that if it's a large plant the Glyphosate
would work better at double the recommended strength, because that would
be illegal.