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[Robert Bruns <r.fred.bruns@gmail.com>]

If the tree sends up suckers, you can kill the whole tree if you spray the ground with Roundup or even Weed-B-Gon.  It gets carried down to the roots and then the whole tree dies.  I once killed a pluot that way.  They seem to be extremely sensitive.

 

Fred

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Pat Armstrong <rancher@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

I do this everywhere I can, my friends save all their cardboard for me and the local landscaping company brings me wood chips and leaves.

P
----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
To: <alany@semparpac.org>; "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Roundup under young apple trees

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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