Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?
 

Jon Danniken writes:

On 07/14/2014 02:15 AM, philo wrote:
No way would I ever toxify my yard, I found that after a good rain it's
pretty easy to pull out the weeds roots and all.

A number of years ago garlic mustard took over and after a good rain,
those things came out with little effort and now that I've cleared the
yard , no more than three or four return each year.

Yep. A number of years ago I used some of the Weed-B-Gon on my yard to
get rid of a dandelion infestation. While it worked well, I noticed
that the local squirrels were acting a bit strange for a few weeks
afterwards. In the following years, I noticed a similar behavior
pattern near other neighbors who used the products.

Squirrels acting strange?

Is there a punch line or was that it?

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Dan Espen

Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?
 

On 7/14/2014 10:00 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
I wouldn't be sure.... depends how long the exposure.
Sodium causes heart problems, and vinegar can upset
the pH balance.


sodium doesn't go away either. It just stays
in your soil forever. Not for
me.

So, why is there not a foot of rock salt along
the side of the road?


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Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?
 

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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On 7/14/2014 10:00 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
I wouldn't be sure.... depends how long the exposure.
Sodium causes heart problems, and vinegar can upset
the pH balance.


sodium doesn't go away either. It just stays
in your soil forever. Not for
me.

So, why is there not a foot of rock salt along
the side of the road?

That probably runs down the gutter to the lake. But when the Romans were
putting an end to their enemies' foolishness, they salted their fields. If
they can't grow, they can't eat, and if they can't eat, they can't be a
nuisance to the Romans.

Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?
 

HomeGuy" "Home wrote:
Bob F wrote:

I buy Roundup in premixed 5-liter hand-pump sprayer:

I use the concentrate. It is hugely less expensive purchased that
way.

I don't use enough roundup to make it a real concern. I don't have a
lot of area (on a sq. footage basis) to nuke of all plant life. Due
to political retardation, concentrated roundup is not available at the
retail level where I am.

The pump sprayer is easily refillable.

You can buy concentrated roundup that comes in a pump sprayer?

Come-on. You can't really be that dumb.

Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?
 

On 7/14/2014 11:50 AM, Jon Danniken wrote:
Yep. A number of years ago I used some of the Weed-B-Gon on my yard to
get rid of a dandelion infestation. While it worked well, I noticed
that the local squirrels were acting a bit strange for a few weeks
afterwards. In the following years, I noticed a similar behavior
pattern near other neighbors who used the products.


Jon


How does a squirrel act strange?

Did you spray your neighbor?

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Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?
 

On 7/14/2014 12:51 PM, Dan Espen wrote:
Jon Danniken writes:
Yep. A number of years ago I used some of the Weed-B-Gon on my yard to
get rid of a dandelion infestation. While it worked well, I noticed
that the local squirrels were acting a bit strange for a few weeks
afterwards. In the following years, I noticed a similar behavior
pattern near other neighbors who used the products.

Squirrels acting strange?

Is there a punch line or was that it?


Aw, nuts. You asked before me.

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Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
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Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer?
 

HomeGuy" "Home wrote:
Terry Coombs used improper usenet message composition style by
unnecessarily full-quoting:

FWIW and for anyone who cares , QUIT KILLING THE BEES !
Just about every one of those compounds for killing weeds has an
effect on our pollinators.

I think you're confusing herbicides and insecticides.

Herbicides have no designed or documented effects

* directly *

on insects
as far as I know, apart from reducing potential pollen sources from
flowering weeds.

Then you'd best update your info , because glyphosate has been implicated
in CCD . You can bet your sweet ass I won't be using anything that hasn't
been PROVEN safe for bees , there's a pretty big investment sittin' out
there in the orchard .

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Snag