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  • From: Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
  • To: alany@semparpac.org, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Roundup under young apple trees
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:34:45 -0700 (PDT)

Have you considered mulch for keeping weeds down? We put down cardboard with
a layer of lawn clippings on top, and nothing is growing through that. Around
our blueberries, we have pine needles, and we've had no weeds but a few pine
seedlings.

Melissa

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org> wrote:

> From: Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Roundup under young apple trees
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 2:30 PM
> Can someone shed light/experience on
> the issue of using Roundup (Glyphosate) under young (2nd
> leaf) trees.  I'm starting a trellised orchard, and
> weed control has become labor intensive.  I'd like to
> use glyphosate under the trees to keep the weeds back. 
> I understand the issues of overspray onto the tree leaves,
> but what is the risk of contact with the trunk?
>
> A. Yelvington
> Russell, PA







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