On 15/08/13 07:34, Martin Brown wrote:
On 14/08/2013 21:41, Rick Hughes wrote:
On 12/08/2013 10:52, Windmill wrote:
Does anyone know how long glyphosate takes to kill various weeds?
E.g. elderberry bushes, dockins, brambles, bracken, grass?

Don't want to waste money by spraying again if it's premature to do so.

Been trying to kill off Mares Tail with Glyphosphate ........ almost
zero impact

There is a very waterproof layer of silica on the outside of marestail
that makes them totally impervious to weedkiller.

Not so

try Glufosinate-ammonium

(DL-Phosphinothricin)

"Glufosinate is sold under trade names Basta, Buster and Liberty"

It is however quite persistent. so be careful what you plant later on.

http://www.agrigem.co.uk/weed-killer...l/harvest.html

You have to bruise it slightly before the weedkiller can have any
effect at all. The roots go so deep and store so much energy that you
will find it easier to move house than to eliminate this weed once it
is established.

Only a concerted effort of chemical and physical attack so that no
part of it ever sees daylight for long stands any chance at all.

Again, not so. It just needs the correct weedkiller.


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