Spraying Roundup

[seapea]

Buying Roundup in the regular strength, the mixing rate is usually 1 or 2 ounces per gallon of water. If you will mix 2-4-D with the roundup in its regular recommended rate you will find you get a better kill rate. Just a tip that is commonly used in our neck of the woods.

One thing I've noticed about roundup is that it is far more effective on grass than it is on weeds. I'd say less then 1 ounce per gallon will take care of grass. For many weeds, if I apply 2 ounces per gallon, I'll have to come back in a week or two and hit them again.

 

[SCDolphin]

The reason I posted this is that the label on my gallon jug got wet and stuck together and I could not pull the pages apart to read it

Thanks for the quick feed back

 

[lawn_king]

Never use gly. in a steele tank/sprayer! It can explode!

 

[nwphil]

For grasses and thistles, I would mix 3 oz per gallon; for poison ivy and brush, 6 oz per gallon. Round-Up will not permanently kill dandelions- they come back after about 6 weeks looking like they were fertilized. You have got to use 24D on dandelions.
Also, look at the label. Cheaper RUP has less glyphosate than some of the more expensive brands.

 

[RalphVa]

You don't HAVE to use 24D on dandelions. Letting them be or digging them up with a dandelion digger works just fine.

Ralph

 

[nwphil]

Letting them be is ideal, but they really take over a lawn and make the neighbors upset. More importantly, they absolutely devastate a young soybean crop.

 

[RollTideRam]

Has anyone bought Roundup yet this year? I went by the Co-op to get some today. I did not see any on the shelf. "The man" told me the patent was up on "Roundup" and it was going by a new name. As I'm typing this, I have forgotten the new name and the jug is in the back of my truck. Anyway what I bought is made by Monsanto, the original Roundup people. He also told me the price would be going up, and I left with a 2.5 gallon jug for $90. One gallon price was almost $70. JC

 

[Tritonman]

Roundup has been off patent for about 8 years now. There is a global shortage of the acid used to make glyphosate though. A gallon of generic roundup cost about $10 last year and it now costs about 30.

 

[dixie306]

Roundup has been off patent for about 8 years now. There is a global shortage of the acid used to make glyphosate though. A gallon of generic roundup cost about $10 last year and it now costs about 30.

The cost of everythings up, I paid 18.50 a bag for 18-18-18 the other day, I've tried some of the "spinoffs" of RU but none seem to work as well as it does

 

[papafoxtrot]

I have a related but slightly off topic question. Is there anything available to really make an area ungrowable (sterile)? Half the time I can't get grass to grow in the yard, but the weeds will always come up thru the gravel on my driveway. Even with the Extended Control RU, I'm doing it at least three times a year. It would be great to find something to drop that to maybe once a year.