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I was wondering if anyone could help me. I was watching Burkes backyard the other week and he mentioned a product by the name escapes me. He said that if a bush was infested with grass growing through it you could touch this product on any part of the grass and the grass would die but not the plant... I have a huge daisy bush that unfortunately hasn't had the upkeep it deserves and pulling all the grass out would be a massive job... Would something like roundup do the same thing if I just touched one small leaf of the grass... or would it not travel through all the grass... I'm pretty ignorant on this topic (in case you hadn't already guessed) so any advice would be most appreciated. Thankyou Shelley |
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"Shelley" wrote in message ... Hello I was wondering if anyone could help me. I was watching Burkes backyard the other week and he mentioned a product by the name escapes me. He said that if a bush was infested with grass growing through it you could touch this product on any part of the grass and the grass would die but not the plant... I didn't see Burkes Backyard, but at work we use a product called Fusilade which kills grasses only. If you do use it, follow the safety directions carefully as it's not good to breath in. The only bad thing is it's not cheap, and a rough price of $90 litre comes to mind. I have a huge daisy bush that unfortunately hasn't had the upkeep it deserves and pulling all the grass out would be a massive job... Would something like roundup do the same thing if I just touched one small leaf of the grass... or would it not travel through all the grass... I'm pretty ignorant on this topic (in case you hadn't already guessed) so any advice would be most appreciated. I would try pull as much of the grass out as possible, or even if it breaks off above ground, just enough to give you room so you can spray it with roundup and not get any roundup on the plant. Even if you need to prune some of the plant. Roundup is systemic, so it will go throughout the whole plant if it gets on part of it. I have yet to see a plant die where only a very small part of it has been hit with roundup, but I have seen deformities in a plant that has. So you probably have to cover at least 60% of the grass for it to have good effect. You could try painting roundup straight on parts of the grass, especially if it's clumping (not runners like couch). In the end all you can do with roundup is be as careful as possible, don't spray when it's windy (or dead calm for that matter, a very slight breeze is best), don't pump the sprayer up a lot so it's misty and even use a spray oil/wetting agent to make the droplets heavier, and mix it at about 1litre of water, with 15ml of roundup, or 10litre of water with 150ml of roundup. Good luck Thankyou Shelley |
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