Back in July Pat Kiewicz indentified my lawn weed as Nimblewill. I
now have figured out how to control/eliminate it. I put on a pair of
Vinyl gloves, followed by a pair of heavy cotton gloves that are
saturated with Roundup. I grab any/all of the nimblewill I can find
and squeeze it. I keep the gloves saturated with Roundup so the
chemicals transfer easily, That seems to transfer enough of the
Roundup to do the trick, as the weed turns white//ivory-colored in
about 4-5 days. Then, it seems to pull out fairly easy, even the
roots. Then I scratch the surface and plant grass seed. Roundup
says it is ok to plant 7 days after applying and that is how long I
have been waiting. So far I have made pretty good progress. more than
1/2 the lawn is done, on a 100 x 200 foot lot minus house and
driveway. Biggedt problem is bending over hours at a time.

hr(bob) wrote:
Back in July Pat Kiewicz indentified my lawn weed as Nimblewill. I
now have figured out how to control/eliminate it. I put on a pair of
Vinyl gloves, followed by a pair of heavy cotton gloves that are
saturated with Roundup. I grab any/all of the nimblewill I can find
and squeeze it. I keep the gloves saturated with Roundup so the
chemicals transfer easily, That seems to transfer enough of the
Roundup to do the trick, as the weed turns white//ivory-colored in
about 4-5 days. Then, it seems to pull out fairly easy, even the
roots. Then I scratch the surface and plant grass seed. Roundup
says it is ok to plant 7 days after applying and that is how long I
have been waiting. So far I have made pretty good progress. more than
1/2 the lawn is done, on a 100 x 200 foot lot minus house and
driveway. Biggedt problem is bending over hours at a time.

You can get a wick wiper to apply the glyphosate that will do the same
selective application and not require bending or using up gloves.

David.

On Sep 24, 12:44*am, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
Back in July Pat Kiewicz indentified my lawn weed as Nimblewill. *I
now have figured out how to control/eliminate it. *I put on a pair of
Vinyl gloves, followed by a pair of heavy cotton gloves that are
saturated with Roundup. *I grab any/all of the nimblewill I can find
and squeeze it. * I keep the gloves saturated with Roundup so the
chemicals transfer easily, *That seems to transfer enough of the
Roundup to do the trick, as the weed turns white//ivory-colored in
about 4-5 days. *Then, it seems to pull out fairly easy, even the
roots. * Then I scratch the surface and plant grass seed. *Roundup
says it is ok to plant 7 days after applying and that is how long I
have been waiting. *So far I have made pretty good progress. more than
1/2 the lawn is done, on a 100 x 200 foot lot minus house and
driveway. *Biggedt problem is bending over hours at a time.

You can get a wick wiper to apply the glyphosate that will do the same
selective application and not require bending or using up gloves.

David.

Thanks for the suggestion, I've never heard of a wick wiper, where do
you get such a thing?

hr(bob) wrote:
On Sep 24, 12:44 am, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
Back in July Pat Kiewicz indentified my lawn weed as Nimblewill. I
now have figured out how to control/eliminate it. I put on a pair of
Vinyl gloves, followed by a pair of heavy cotton gloves that are
saturated with Roundup. I grab any/all of the nimblewill I can find
and squeeze it. I keep the gloves saturated with Roundup so the
chemicals transfer easily, That seems to transfer enough of the
Roundup to do the trick, as the weed turns white//ivory-colored in
about 4-5 days. Then, it seems to pull out fairly easy, even the
roots. Then I scratch the surface and plant grass seed. Roundup
says it is ok to plant 7 days after applying and that is how long I
have been waiting. So far I have made pretty good progress. more
than 1/2 the lawn is done, on a 100 x 200 foot lot minus house and
driveway. Biggedt problem is bending over hours at a time.

You can get a wick wiper to apply the glyphosate that will do the
same selective application and not require bending or using up
gloves.

David.

Thanks for the suggestion, I've never heard of a wick wiper, where do
you get such a thing?

Its a long tubular tank with a handle at one end and a thick rope-like wick
loop at the other. You can walk around and dab the wick on to whatever you
like at ground level or above. I got one from a hardware store that had a
garden section. You could make one without a lot of trouble.

David

On Sep 24, 11:04*pm, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
On Sep 24, 12:44 am, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
Back in July Pat Kiewicz indentified my lawn weed as Nimblewill. I
now have figured out how to control/eliminate it. I put on a pair of
Vinyl gloves, followed by a pair of heavy cotton gloves that are
saturated with Roundup. I grab any/all of the nimblewill I can find
and squeeze it. I keep the gloves saturated with Roundup so the
chemicals transfer easily, That seems to transfer enough of the
Roundup to do the trick, as the weed turns white//ivory-colored in
about 4-5 days. Then, it seems to pull out fairly easy, even the
roots. Then I scratch the surface and plant grass seed. Roundup
says it is ok to plant 7 days after applying and that is how long I
have been waiting. So far I have made pretty good progress. more
than 1/2 the lawn is done, on a 100 x 200 foot lot minus house and
driveway. Biggedt problem is bending over hours at a time.

You can get a wick wiper to apply the glyphosate that will do the
same selective application and not require bending or using up
gloves.

David.

Thanks for the suggestion, I've never heard of a wick wiper, where do
you get such a thing?

Its a long tubular tank with a handle at one end and a thick rope-like wick
loop at the other. *You can walk around and dab the wick on to whatever you
like at ground level or above. *I got one from a hardware store that had a
garden section. *You could make one without a lot of trouble.

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Thanks, I'll know what to look for my next venture out.

On Sep 24, 11:04*pm, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
On Sep 24, 12:44 am, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
Back in July Pat Kiewicz indentified my lawn weed as Nimblewill. I
now have figured out how to control/eliminate it. I put on a pair of
Vinyl gloves, followed by a pair of heavy cotton gloves that are
saturated with Roundup. I grab any/all of the nimblewill I can find
and squeeze it. I keep the gloves saturated with Roundup so the
chemicals transfer easily, That seems to transfer enough of the
Roundup to do the trick, as the weed turns white//ivory-colored in
about 4-5 days. Then, it seems to pull out fairly easy, even the
roots. Then I scratch the surface and plant grass seed. Roundup
says it is ok to plant 7 days after applying and that is how long I
have been waiting. So far I have made pretty good progress. more
than 1/2 the lawn is done, on a 100 x 200 foot lot minus house and
driveway. Biggedt problem is bending over hours at a time.

You can get a wick wiper to apply the glyphosate that will do the
same selective application and not require bending or using up
gloves.

David.

Thanks for the suggestion, I've never heard of a wick wiper, where do
you get such a thing?

Its a long tubular tank with a handle at one end and a thick rope-like wick
loop at the other. *You can walk around and dab the wick on to whatever you
like at ground level or above. *I got one from a hardware store that had a
garden section. *You could make one without a lot of trouble.

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I went to two local garden-type stores, neither had heard of a tool to
dispense weed killer onto a wick or any other type of dispenser.
Before I try to build one, I thought I would try to buy one. Do you
have a brand name, or maybe some other name by which it would be known?

You can get a wick wiper to apply the glyphosate that will do the
same selective application and not require bending or using up
gloves.

David.

Thanks for the suggestion, I've never heard of a wick wiper, where
do you get such a thing?

Its a long tubular tank with a handle at one end and a thick
rope-like wick loop at the other. You can walk around and dab the
wick on to whatever you like at ground level or above. I got one
from a hardware store that had a garden section. You could make one
without a lot of trouble.

David- Hide quoted text -

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I went to two local garden-type stores, neither had heard of a tool to
dispense weed killer onto a wick or any other type of dispenser.
Before I try to build one, I thought I would try to buy one. Do you
have a brand name, or maybe some other name by which it would be
known?

I had one that was Yates Zero Weed Wand but that is in Oz so you may not
have it.

David