I will probably start with the diluted stuff and see how it works. I don't
think Roundup is supposed to affect the soil but may be wrong on that.

I will pour it into a tin can and dip the paint brush in that.


"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
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"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too many
plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the stuff
and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would be most
effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground root systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to pour
just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).

If you're starting with a Roundup concentrate, you certainly should dilute
it to the recommended strength. If you're using the off-the-shelf Round-up,
then that's the proper strength.
_________________
John Henry Wheeler
Washington, DC
USDA Zone 7

"pixi" wrote in message
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I will probably start with the diluted stuff and see how it works. I don't
think Roundup is supposed to affect the soil but may be wrong on that.

I will pour it into a tin can and dip the paint brush in that.


"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the stuff
and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would be most
effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground root
systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to pour
just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).

Are you referring to me, Joe? Mensa considers me to be quite intelligent.


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the stuff
and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would be most
effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground root
systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to pour
just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for: Dumb
as a box of rocks.

If you give no thought to where the water from your toilet ends up (along
with the chemicals you spill in it), then Mensa is wrong. Municipal
treatment systems do not remove toxic chemicals, and nobody knows what these
chemicals do to people when they return to the drinking water supply.


"pixi" wrote in message
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Are you referring to me, Joe? Mensa considers me to be quite intelligent.


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the stuff
and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would be most
effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground root
systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for: Dumb
as a box of rocks.

You are not talking about me. I do not put toxic chemicals into my toilet
and we have a septic system, hundreds of feet from anyone's water supply.

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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If you give no thought to where the water from your toilet ends up (along
with the chemicals you spill in it), then Mensa is wrong. Municipal
treatment systems do not remove toxic chemicals, and nobody knows what
these chemicals do to people when they return to the drinking water
supply.


"pixi" wrote in message
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Are you referring to me, Joe? Mensa considers me to be quite
intelligent.


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the
stuff and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would
be most effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground
root systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for:
Dumb as a box of rocks.

Sorry about that. My mistake - it was intended for "I Love Lucy", who said:
"One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to pour
just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking)."

She/he "ducked" because it was clear that the idea was a bad one.

By the way, it doesn't matter that you have a septic system. They are
designed to allow seepage into the soil, or they could not function
properly. Underground water can travel quite a distance, taking contaminants
along with it.



"pixi" wrote in message
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You are not talking about me. I do not put toxic chemicals into my toilet
and we have a septic system, hundreds of feet from anyone's water supply.

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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If you give no thought to where the water from your toilet ends up (along
with the chemicals you spill in it), then Mensa is wrong. Municipal
treatment systems do not remove toxic chemicals, and nobody knows what
these chemicals do to people when they return to the drinking water
supply.


"pixi" wrote in message
...
Are you referring to me, Joe? Mensa considers me to be quite
intelligent.


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the
stuff and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would
be most effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground
root systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for:
Dumb as a box of rocks.

Since none of the garden chemicals available have ever been, or ever will be
properly tested for safety (assuming the science of testing remains as it is
now), it is not safe to assume anything about them, or the places they end
up.


"pixi" wrote in message
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Where I live, the water doesn't travel a great distance underground. At
least not as a rule. Our well is over 400 feet deep and it gives us only
about 300 gallons a day. People around here often have to have 3 or 4
wells dug before they even hit water. If you go deep enough you can get
water but it's salt water.

In any case, it is obvious that you are no dumbell. Can we call a truce?
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Sorry about that. My mistake - it was intended for "I Love Lucy", who
said:
"One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking)."

She/he "ducked" because it was clear that the idea was a bad one.

By the way, it doesn't matter that you have a septic system. They are
designed to allow seepage into the soil, or they could not function
properly. Underground water can travel quite a distance, taking
contaminants along with it.



"pixi" wrote in message
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You are not talking about me. I do not put toxic chemicals into my
toilet and we have a septic system, hundreds of feet from anyone's
water supply.

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
If you give no thought to where the water from your toilet ends up
(along with the chemicals you spill in it), then Mensa is wrong.
Municipal treatment systems do not remove toxic chemicals, and nobody
knows what these chemicals do to people when they return to the
drinking water supply.


"pixi" wrote in message
...
Are you referring to me, Joe? Mensa considers me to be quite
intelligent.


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray.
Too many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the
stuff and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that
would be most effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast
underground root systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the
toilet (ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for:
Dumb as a box of rocks.

Where I live, the water doesn't travel a great distance underground. At
least not as a rule. Our well is over 400 feet deep and it gives us only
about 300 gallons a day. People around here often have to have 3 or 4 wells
dug before they even hit water. If you go deep enough you can get water but
it's salt water.

In any case, it is obvious that you are no dumbell. Can we call a truce?
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
Sorry about that. My mistake - it was intended for "I Love Lucy", who
said:
"One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to pour
just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking)."

She/he "ducked" because it was clear that the idea was a bad one.

By the way, it doesn't matter that you have a septic system. They are
designed to allow seepage into the soil, or they could not function
properly. Underground water can travel quite a distance, taking
contaminants along with it.



"pixi" wrote in message
...
You are not talking about me. I do not put toxic chemicals into my
toilet and we have a septic system, hundreds of feet from anyone's water
supply.

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
If you give no thought to where the water from your toilet ends up
(along with the chemicals you spill in it), then Mensa is wrong.
Municipal treatment systems do not remove toxic chemicals, and nobody
knows what these chemicals do to people when they return to the drinking
water supply.


"pixi" wrote in message
...
Are you referring to me, Joe? Mensa considers me to be quite
intelligent.


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
...
I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the
stuff and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would
be most effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground
root systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the
toilet (ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for:
Dumb as a box of rocks.

Love Lucy "pixi" wrote in message
...
I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the stuff
and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would be most
effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground root
systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).

you must follow the directions on the can in order for roundup to work properly.
not doing so can make its effectiveness that much less. also roundup is a contact
herbicide not a systemic one so it only affects the plants and does not remain in
the ground. cyaaaaa, sockiescat.

"pixi" wrote in message
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I will probably start with the diluted stuff and see how it works. I
don't think Roundup is supposed to affect the soil but may be wrong on
that.

I will pour it into a tin can and dip the paint brush in that.

Hmmm. I was thinking of a baby food jar labelled big bad poison bacause
I can cap off any I don't use and don't have to worry about spills
pouring it back in the can. I don't think diluted will handle what I
plan to paint on the woody whacked off parts. Maybe I should wait for
leaves and just paint those. I am not looking forward to messing with
the stuff at any strength.

It shouldn't affect the soil after a few days at least, but I don't know
about full strength.

I don't know what my son sprayed with, it wasn't roundup, and it took
care of most of it, but some of the tougher stuff and pre-emerging stuff
it didn't phase. Some got on my fern which I tried to double plastic
bag, part of the leaf turned black but I tore it off and it looks better
than it ever has.

I'm glad I found this as I knew I'd tacked a question on somebody's post
and was trying to remember which one.

"John Wheeler" wrote in message
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If you're starting with a Roundup concentrate, you certainly should
dilute it to the recommended strength. If you're using the
off-the-shelf Round-up, then that's the proper strength.

OK. I'll dilute it to the proper strength if I can get the math right.

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the
stuff and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would
be most effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground
root systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the
toilet (ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for:
Dumb as a box of rocks.

Uh, was that necessary?

"pixi" wrote in message
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Are you referring to me, Joe? Mensa considers me to be quite
intelligent.

No, I'm sure he meant me, and I'm right up there near you. Was. Am
slipping due to age and stress.

"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"pixi" wrote in message
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I'm going to start painting the leaves tomorrow. Can't spray. Too
many plants and shrubs around.

Are you going to paint it on full strength? I've got a can of the stuff
and am hesitant to use it full strength, but I think that would be most
effective on stubborn, woody nuisances with vast underground root
systems.

One spill or slip, and I'll really mess up the soil. I was going to
pour just what I thought I needed in something smaller over the toilet
(ducking).



You're exactly the type of organism the chemical companies pray for: Dumb
as a box of rocks.

Uh, was that necessary?

Perhaps not, but true, if you mishandle chemicals whose toxicity is unknown.
Since the toxicity of ALL garden chemicals is unknown, you can draw your own
conclusions.

"sockiescat" wrote in message
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Love Lucy "pixi" wrote in message

I'm convinced not to use it full strength. Some time back we were
talking about another chemical which the hardware store didn't have that
some people use, and I confess to having a hard time keeping it all
straight because I haven't used toxic chemicals for years, actually I
don't think ever in liquid form. I don't even like to spray or have my
house sprayed.

My young Orkin man got sick years ago, and I suspect (he did, too) that
it was because his immune system was compromised by using those
chemicals all day.

I checked my notes. It was triclopr. So I bought Roundup and have put
some thought into the safest way of handling it. Probably on the
sidewalk by the outdoor tap.

Unless a poster (not you) has something really helpful to say, just shut
up. I don't want to poison the whole water supply and however I poured
the stuff, was hoping to avoid spilling one drop, but have to have some
kind of contingency plan.