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From: lynnef@tekgvs.UUCP (Lynne Fitzsimmons)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Roundup
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 15:39:12 EDT
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Summary: 


Roundup does not sterilize the soil.  It kills the plants it comes in contact
with by some sort of hormonal action -- I think it makes them grow so
fast that they die trying.  We use it on our driveway, and we still have
stuff growing in it, so it certainly isn't sterile!  It allegedly does not
remain in the soil.  We have used it to clear out areas of our yard for 
landscaping, and then put in barkdust and shrubs.  Everything we put in
is doing just fine.
-- 
Lynne Fitzsimmons
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