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From: jkg@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Jim Greenlee)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Getting Weeds out of Ivy
Message-ID: <2443@gitpyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 18:40:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 20 18:40:40 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Oct-86 03:29:42 EDT
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Reply-To: jkg@gitpyr.UUCP (Jim Greenlee)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <283@plx.UUCP> carolp@plx.UUCP (Carol Proulx) writes:
>
>I have been told by a landscaper friend of mine that you CAN NOT kill ivy,
>no matter what.  The best weed-killer I know of is Round-Up, which is 
>phenomenally expensive, but works great and is not supposed to be toxic to
>animal life.  (I've heard that in the sales demos the guy drinks the stuff!)
>And it DOES NOT kill ivy.  Have fun.   

Whoever told you that Round-Up doesn't kill animal life was
dead (no pun intended) wrong! That stuff is dangerous and
should be used only with extreme caution. It will kill any
plant it comes in contact with - including, but not limited
to, the plants you wanted to get rid of! Be particularly care-
ful if you buy it in concentrated form and follow all label
directions. I refuse to use it at my house because we have 
small children, but some of my neighbors have used it to control
grass shoots coming up between the cracks in their walks. It is 
a very effective (and deadly) herbicide.
                                             Jim Greenlee

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The Shadow
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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