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  • From: Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives
  • Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:02:23 -0500

At 09:13 AM 10/24/02 +0000, you wrote:
Yike - hope you're not talking about using roundup in a wetland - it's
illegal to spray roundup near a water course or water body in Australia.
I'm surprised to see such enthusiastic advocasy of this stuff on this
list - not a long term solution, already many weeds are becoming
roundup-resistant
Robyn

The US formulation is called Rodeo, made to float rather than dissolve in water. Not sure it's still around. Just to be clear folks, I don't like using roundup all that much, I was more pointing out that in situations where controlling invasives is the goal with limited labor it will be a multi year process, any one who tells you otherwise is either delusional or lieing.


Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
608-262-1730 WK
608-846-7125 HM





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