Subject: Re: Roundup
From: Tyler Hopper <thopper@SWBELL.NET>
Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 14:02:54 -0500
Message-ID: <MOD$970829.17784@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$970819.23825@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$970819.3453@rec.gardens.ecosystems>


Pollinator wrote:
> snip, snip
> There is a really neat tool to minimize the use of Roundup and remove
> any effect on any plant except the one you want to kill. It is available
> from some farm supplies.
>
> The handle is a short length of plastic pipe with a screw cap at the
> top and a 45 elbow and a tiny drip hole at the other end. Attatched to
> elbow is a paint roller which becomes saturated with the mix.
>
> In use, you simply swipe the roller pad against the leaves of the plant
> you wish to kill. No other plants are touched or affected.
>
> Pollinator@aol.com
> Dave Green Hemingway, SC USA
> Practical Pollination Page http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html

Alternatively, I have donned very heavy, elbow length rubber gloves,
then cloth gloves on top of that. Soaked the cloth gloves in Roundup and
applied sparingly.

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