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Yessir, and it mixes very well with lime and chicken/horse/donkey/cow manure the next year.

Gunner

I would wait until the end of summer to spray, the plants are sending more sugars to the roots and that will carry the chemical to the roots. We have had better luck killing Autumn Olive and Ailanthus when doing this. When we spray in the spring/ early summer we usually get a top kill but the roots sprout later in the summer.

Ditto, also consider tankmixing Shark Herbicide, it is Imazapher, and works very good on poison oak tankmixed with Roundup. Anything with garlon or Trichophr is subject to resprouting the next year.

The active chemical in Roundup, Glyphosate, was a Monsanto invention that is now out of patent. Now there are lots of generic brands that are far cheaper than Roundup. Just a few that I know of are Razor, Bulldog, Ranger, Rodeo,and Honcho. There are many others. Just look for glyphosate on the label. Many generics are sold only in 2.5 gal jugs which goes a long way. It will keep for several years but DON'T let it freeze. Some are also sold in smaller quantities.

Monsanto is marketing Roundup for the home gardener big time in all kinds of bottles, premixes, etc. They're making a killing with the high prices they charge.

Tractor Supply generic Glyphosate concentrate (like Rock Chuck recommended) mixed as directed and add a tablespoon of dishwashing soap as a surfactant and 4oz of vinegar per gallon of mix. You can almost watch poison ivy die as you spray.

hmmmmmmm
captain planet may not agree with this



but i mixed up in my pump sprayer
gas, some used motor oil, some used tran fluid and some mineral spirits earlier this spring on some brush around the back yard fence and created a planet of the apes forbidden zone of vegetation death
aint none of it has grown back yet


definatley cheaper and was on hand in the garage
i imagine diesel would work also all by itself
bout 4.50 a gallon