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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Getting Weeds with Roundup
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Date: Wed, 22-Oct-86 19:23:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 22 19:23:55 1986
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> 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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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

Hot water will kill weeds in a walk, but you should have the waste water
available from cooking eggs or potatoes or something to make this practical.
The cheapest and best method is a spray called ROUNDUP.  I have used ROUNDUP
for years and have never one bug even get sick from it.  I use the concentrate
and mix as directed.  I have a shallow well and will not spray any poisons
around my yard.  That is the main reason for using roundup. It is a slow acting
spray which must enter green tissue, then is tranlocated to the roots where
it kills the roots.  Then, about a week later, the plant dies, roots and all.
The ROUNDUP is not toxic, it will not kill any plant unless it enters the green
tissue.  It can not kill roots on contact since contact with soil completely
neutralizes it, hence no residual action.  Grounds keepers have sprayed a
lawn one day and planted the same field two days later.  The new grass
came in before the old grass died.  By the way, ROUNDUP kills grass, as well
as weeds.  It is most effective on plants which are near maturity and ready
to bloom.  It should not affect moss.  No promises on that one.