Roundup becomes inert almost immediately on application. It doesn't poison the soil. It cannot be used to sterilize soil, seeds germinate and come right up following application of Roundup.
To work it must come in contact with green living vegetation. Salt and oil and other agents, probably not bleach which will bubble off the chlorine fairly quickly but certainly the other agents do persist in the soil and migrate to other areas too. You can use Roundup directly to selectively kill individual plants. Brush some onto a particularly noxious weed among your beauties and it alone will die. You might like to put a cotton glove over a rubber glove and wet a couple of fingers in Roundup then stroke those plants you want to die. It doesn't even have to touch the soil. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tunecollector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:30 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] fence grass > Pouring vinegar onto a plant will kill the leaves but it is not effective > in > killing the roots. Adding orange oil extract to the vinegar will make it > a > more potent leaf killer. Adding salt to the soil is more effective at > killing the roots. Smothering the weed under plastic or five sheets of > newspaper is effective and does not poison the soil. Pouring boiling > water > onto a weed will harm the root hairs and the weed will wither but not > necessarily kill it. By its very content, Roundup is a poison and you are > poisoning your soil by applying it. > > I have been told that bleach is effective but I have no direct knowledge > of > this. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.16/729 - Release Date: > 21/03/2007 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
