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To: BobL

I use roundup a lot...is there an alternative?


19 posted on 05/22/2018 8:53:07 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: freepertoo

“I use roundup a lot...is there an alternative?”

there’s not a damn thing wrong with roundup ...


23 posted on 05/22/2018 8:55:38 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: freepertoo

I don’t know...maybe other do. But like other dis-inventions, what usually replaces it is much more expensive, not as good, or both.


25 posted on 05/22/2018 9:02:20 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: freepertoo

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup. Bayer makes a broad-spectrum product called Spectricide that does not contain glyphosate.

It works OK.


27 posted on 05/22/2018 9:04:48 AM PDT by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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To: freepertoo

[[I use roundup a lot...is there an alternative?]]

Squareup- doesn’t work, but oh well- can’t have everything


39 posted on 05/22/2018 9:19:41 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: freepertoo

>>I use roundup a lot...is there an alternative?<<

You don’t need an alternative. This is a lawsuit, not science.

That said, if you use a lot of it, here’s a tip. The active ingredient is glyphosate. You can buy 2.5 gallon jugs of Buccaneer, which is just glyphosate, at a farm supply outlet for about $45. I mix it at 2 oz/gallon of water.

2 1/2 gallons is 320 oz, so I get 160 gallons of spray out of that $45. Do a similar Roundup calculation and see how much you can save. It’s a lot, because Roundup is extremely expensive.

I use a 4-gallon backpack sprayer for keeping weeds down around the house, in the driveway, even down the town road edges for a bit, and anywhere else weeds get out of control, so I use a fair amount. That jug lasts me a couple of summers.


77 posted on 05/22/2018 10:36:22 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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