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Default How do I kill Birds of Paradise roots?



On Jan 29, 8:43�pm, wrote:
On Jan 29, 6:36 pm, "Red" wrote:

On Jan 29, 3:38 pm, " wrote:


gasoline poured on them, it kills everything. when i was a kid it was
used to kill vegatation. topday the same use gets people freaking out.


but its effective, no smoking in areaAgreed. *Gasoline evaporates very fast and leaves no residual damage. *

Leaking underground gas tanks were dug up, the soil spread out &
allowed to air dry for a few weeks, then declared safe for use. *
Diesel and kerosene is a whole different problem however.Yeah evaporating gasoline is of no consequence. *It must have been

just a whim when all cars had to incur increased cost and complexity
for systems which now provide sealed gas tanks and canisters that trap
gasoline fume emissions. * Same thing when gas stations were all
retrofited with new dispensing nozzles to trap fumes. * But apparently
it's ok to go pouring gasoline around to kill plants that are easily
killed with products that are far safer for the environment.


well you really cant know for certain the long term effects of
herbicides.

i had a poision ivy problem, roundup didnt kill it.

a helpful person here suggested mixing it evenly with regular weed
killer.

the combo was deadly to my poision ivy

the thing about gasoline is, a one time dump to kill something isnt as
significant as millions of anything spewing fumes.

just look at how much must be released filling lawn mowers yearly