recommendations for weed killers

[keakar]

ok, thanks guys.

I have been using roundup the last few years and it does a great job of killing the stuff above ground and "slowing" regrowth but not killing the below ground roots so it keeps coming back over and over and I put it on good so the ground around the stems is wet afterwards.

If I use chemicals to kill something I expect it to stay dead and it just doesn't look like that's working with the roundup. it seams to kill grass good but not so good with the weed regrowth issue.

im going to try that 2-4-D stuff and see what happens.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by keakar

ok, thanks guys.

I have been using roundup the last few years and it does a great job of killing the stuff above ground and "slowing" regrowth but not killing the below ground roots so it keeps coming back over and over and I put it on good so the ground around the stems is wet afterwards.

If I use chemicals to kill something I expect it to stay dead and it just doesn't look like that's working with the roundup. it seams to kill grass good but not so good with the weed regrowth issue.

im going to try that 2-4-D stuff and see what happens.

you buy it premixed or you mix it yourself? sounds ilke you just need a stronger solution. Read the application guidelines for the plants you are trying to kill. you can also mix glyphosate and 2-4-d in the same solution, but make sure you want everything you spray it on to die. If there is dew on the ground or a chance of rain, wait for the grass to dry or the rain to pass.

[keakar]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

you buy it premixed or you mix it yourself? sounds ilke you just need a stronger solution. Read the application guidelines for the plants you are trying to kill. you can also mix glyphosate and 2-4-d in the same solution, but make sure you want everything you spray it on to die. If there is dew on the ground or a chance of rain, wait for the grass to dry or the rain to pass.

well I was buying the roundup concentrate and mixing it double the amount it said to use and I only did it after 10am when the grass was completely dry and no rain that day or at least for several hours away. it did work great to kill stuff but 2 or 3 weeks later under the house there was new weeds sprouting everywhere and this is old dirt that's been there for 5 years so its not like I put new soil there that had weed seeds contained in it. every 2 or 3 weeks like clockwork, no matter what I have been spraying it with, I see a new crop of weeds sprouting again. now a quick respray kills it but im trying to eradicate them permanently and I think it should be possible to do it since this is a closed off section of ground completely surrounded by a 12" deep concrete chain wall foundation barrier on all sides and once it is cleared of all weeds and new weed growth it should stay that way permanently so that is my goal.

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

you can also mix glyphosate and 2-4-d in the same solution, but make sure you want everything you spray it on to die.

sounds like I should mix both for under the house where I want it to be a scorched earth nuclear waste zone then .

Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458

And don't mix glyphosate and 2-4d and let it sit too long. It will separate and the 2-4d will turn into a solid chunk. Roundup weather max is what we use if you can get some.

thanks for the warning about that, that's great info to know.

when I combine them I will premix the stuff in a separate water jug then pour it into the sprayer as I need it so any solids stay out of the sprayer