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  • From: John Ehrlich <johnkaty AT shaw.ca>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Glyphosate now nutsedge
  • Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:19:10 -0700

Dont the herbicides kill the bees to?


On 2012-04-04, at 7:11 AM, sunnfarm AT netscape.com wrote:

> Glyphosate will only control nutsedge just after plant goes to seed when
> the plant draws the herbicide into the nutlets...The most effective
> herbicide that works during the growing season with a large number of
> vegetable crops is Metolachlor and a lot of stale seed bed maintenance. I
> mostly eradicated nutsedge but it took 15+ years to do it. Nature always
> throws you a curve ball in my case its become morning glory...Bob.
>
> --- mf AT austinfarm.org wrote:
>
> From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Glyphosate
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:58:23 -0500
>
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 06:49:03PM -0500, Lloyd Blackwell wrote:
>> Yes we still use glyphosate . Did you ever see nutsedge go through black
>> plastic?
>
> I haven't had much luck with glyphosate on nutsedge. It seem to relish
> going through plastic. I've seen it go through tomato fruit!
>
> I believe Bob mentioned Sandea for nutsedge several years ago. It
> works WONDERS!
>
> My most troublesome weed now is morning glory/ bindweed.
>
> --
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