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["Bill Russell" <shaman@penn.com>]

I don't know if anyone has suggested it in this go-around, but if you cut
the bottom off a plastic gallon milk or water jug, place it over the plant
you want to eliminate and spray your weed killer through the jug mouth, you
can zap the unwanted plant and protect the surrounding plants from spray
damage.

Bill
Z5

----- Original Message -----
From: "victoria l. caron" <vicaron@gis.net>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Round up damage


> Last summer I tried to spot kill quack grass and vetch in my perennial
bed. I
> was really short on time and thought this might work and also thin out my
New
> England Asters at the same time. I was careful to cover the plants that
were not
> being targeted except for the asters. This strategy worked great. The only
> problem I noted was that some plants which had not been in contact with
the
> Roundup exhibited weakness later in the season. This made me wonder if
maybe the
> Roundup that had been absorbed into the roots and therefore was present in
the
> soil, became available to some of the nearby plants that might be more
> sensitive.
> vic NH zone 3
>
> Ward Barnes wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > >> > Is there any advice for plants that have been Round Up damaged?
Any
> > >>care that would help them make survive/recover?
> >
> >         No real advice for a cure, but, I did manage to kill some tomato
> > plants this spring when I over-sprayed a nasty vine.  The vine shuddered
and
> > then recovered.  This vine has roots as long as the vine itself and if
dug
> > leaving any root only encourages more to sprout.  On one peach tree that
the
> > vine had made a start in I had to use several applications of roundup to
> > kill the vine, being very careful not to get any on the tree itself.
This
> > also worked for some poison ivy that was found nearby.
> >
> > Has anyone had problems with roundup building up in the soil causing
> > problems?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ward,
> > Wake, VA
> >
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