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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Of the Burnout/vinegar type herbicides I've tried, it's a Catch-22.  Anything they will totally kill is usually so tender you can scuffle it out with a hoe as fast as you can spray.  If it's too thick and deeply rooted to hoe out easily (like clumps of bunch grass), the herbicides will burn the top, but leave the crown intact to sprout back.  As for perennial weeds, they just sit and laugh at you and hold their glasses out for a refill.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Apr 30, 2005, at 5:19 PM, Stephen Sadler wrote:

http://www.gardensalive.com/product.asp?pn=8206

http://www.gardensalive.com/product.asp?pn=8862

http://www.planetnatural.com/site/fast-acting-weed-killer.html

http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm

http://www.greensense.net/vinegar.html (there are several sites on using a
strong vinegar solution as an herbicide, feel free to Google!)

http://www.greenergyinc.com/products/bbb.html

http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/product.asp?PG=526

http://www.scbeacon.com/beacon_issues/2002-09-11/Garden.shtml

http://www.groworganic.com/browse_weedcontrol.html?sCategory=440




Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.
USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8, 
Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate

Waiting for one of the surrounding thunderstorms to drench my dry soil...

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Regina Kreger
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 4:35 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] "Roundup"/ & poison ivy

You know, I admit to having used Roundup on poison ivy last year too.  I
would not crow about it, though, knowing or even suspecting the collateral
damage it does.  It is a choice I would probably make again today, but it
saddens me to poison the earth.

I might even be capable of killing a man in self-defense. And I suppose I
would be relieved if I turned out to have the strength to defend myself. But
I sure as hell would not rejoice in it.



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