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I screwed up half my lawn early last fall
On Sat, 17 May 2003 16:26:02 -0400, wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Timothy. The product in question was delivered through a pump sprayer. This is very embarrassing as I am a carpet cleaner owner/operator. My stuff is labeled in the van...So do you think the same will go as far as what you said before since it wasn't diluted much-if at all? I am anxious to get seed down since we had a late spring. Thanks for the low-down on the #2 of your post. It makes total sense. I firmly believe that the herbicide is no longer active. If it was truly round-up, even at concentrated levels, it should be completly washed out of the soil by now. Round-up has a half life of 2 to 4 weeks... so it would be totally inactive with in 4 to 8 weeks. What you can do at this point... You could spray the weed/lawn area with round-up ( I personally prefer finale as a herbicide due to it's short half life ), wait 2 weeks and re-seed. When I can, I try to use chemicals that are less harmful to people and the enviroment. The product Finale is a herbicide that containts Glufosinate-Ammonium. It ( in my humble opinion ) is safer to the public and the enviroment than round-up due to it's short half life and due to the bacterial break down of the product in the soil. It's less likely to move through the soil and contaminate the ground water. Granted, finale doesn't have the longevity of round-up but if your looking for longevity you should be looking for a pre-emergent such as 2,4-d in my opinion. I decide on which herbicide to use using a couple different factors. For light weed infestations or if your looking just to 'knock down' weeds/grass, then I select horticultral vinegar. If the outside temps are not high enough for the vinegar ( 70 or above ) I tend to use finale with an added herbicide sticker. For heavy infestations or brush, I tend to use a product called crossbow. It is in a nut shell triclopyr,2,4-D and kerosene. It is completely nasty stuff but sometime nessasary. Good luck with the lawn..... -- http://yard-works.netfirms.com |
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