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Glyphosate and neigbours revisited
The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I
had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). |
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On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote:
The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. -- Adam |
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On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW
wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. |
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On 04/08/2018 15:27, Scott wrote:
On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. It got a 20mm hole drilled into the trunk and the glyphosphate poured into the hole. The rain seems to have done its job. -- Adam |
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On 04/08/18 15:27, Scott wrote:
On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. Glyphosate is not absorbed by the roots -- Theres a mighty big difference between good, sound reasons and reasons that sound good. Burton Hillis (William Vaughn, American columnist) |
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Scott writes: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. It needs the plant to be growing so there's a good circulation of sap. I applied some in the dry weather, and hasn't worked anywhere near as effectively as it would if there was enough water around for the plants to be actually growing. It might still operate if we get rain. It doesn't work by watering in to the soil - soil deactivates it. It needs to be absorbed by the plant above ground, and carried to the roots in the sap. Most preparations have detergents in them so it is absorbed through the leaves. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 17:14:46 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote: On 04/08/18 15:27, Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. Glyphosate is not absorbed by the roots Thanks. I should probably have said 'transported through the plant'. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it is transported through the plant. May be wrong of course. |
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On Sun, 05 Aug 2018 22:31:14 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote: In article , Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 17:14:46 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 04/08/18 15:27, Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. Glyphosate is not absorbed by the roots Thanks. I should probably have said 'transported through the plant'. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it is transported through the plant. May be wrong of course. It'll be absorbed through the leaves initially. Most plants absorb some moisture through the leaves too I expect, so possible a bit of water on teh leaves once the stuff has gone in, may help. Thanks. That's clearer. |
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On Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:34:30 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
On 04/08/2018 15:27, Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. It got a 20mm hole drilled into the trunk and the glyphosphate poured into the hole. The rain seems to have done its job. -- Adam I was told you needed to cut the bark off a tree anout 5 inches or so all aroundas most of the nutrients flow through the bark to the leaves removing the bark kills the tree but only slowly. That way you don't need chemicals. |
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2018 04:00:18 -0700 (PDT), whisky-dave
wrote: On Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:34:30 UTC+1, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:27, Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. It got a 20mm hole drilled into the trunk and the glyphosphate poured into the hole. The rain seems to have done its job. -- Adam I was told you needed to cut the bark off a tree anout 5 inches or so all aroundas most of the nutrients flow through the bark to the leaves removing the bark kills the tree but only slowly. That way you don't need chemicals. Or use dynamite as Clarkson once did on Comic Relief. |
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whisky-dave wrote:
On Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:34:30 UTC+1, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:27, Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. It got a 20mm hole drilled into the trunk and the glyphosphate poured into the hole. The rain seems to have done its job. -- Adam I was told you needed to cut the bark off a tree anout 5 inches or so all aroundas most of the nutrients flow through the bark to the leaves removing the bark kills the tree but only slowly. That way you don't need chemicals. But very obvious. |
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On Monday, 6 August 2018 15:38:08 UTC+1, FMurtz wrote:
whisky-dave wrote: On Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:34:30 UTC+1, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:27, Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. It got a 20mm hole drilled into the trunk and the glyphosphate poured into the hole. The rain seems to have done its job. -- Adam I was told you needed to cut the bark off a tree anout 5 inches or so all aroundas most of the nutrients flow through the bark to the leaves removing the bark kills the tree but only slowly. That way you don't need chemicals. But very obvious. Ah I didn't know the aim was to murder it. |
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On 06/08/2018 16:38, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 6 August 2018 15:38:08 UTC+1, FMurtz wrote: whisky-dave wrote: On Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:34:30 UTC+1, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:27, Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:25:22 +0100, ARW wrote: On 04/08/2018 15:06, Scott wrote: The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down some basic weedkiller to make a start on tackling the weeds. Another neighbour said she did not know that had happened to the vegetation in the garden - it must have been the drought (not noticing that all other gardens were unaffected). Thanks for the reminder. Just had a have a look at the tree that I gave a good dosing of glyphosate about 8 weeks ago. All the leaves are drooping and it does not look happy. My sister-in-law says it needs some rain or watering in to ensure it gets absorbed by the roots. May be wrong of course. It got a 20mm hole drilled into the trunk and the glyphosphate poured into the hole. The rain seems to have done its job. -- Adam I was told you needed to cut the bark off a tree anout 5 inches or so all aroundas most of the nutrients flow through the bark to the leaves removing the bark kills the tree but only slowly. That way you don't need chemicals. But very obvious. Ah I didn't know the aim was to murder it. Indeed. The ****ers that own it have not given me permission to kill it. -- Adam |
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