Controlling/eliniminating nimblewill

[hrhofmann]

Back in July Pat Kiewicz indentified my lawn weed as Nimblewill. I now have figured out how to control/eliminate it. I put on a pair of Vinyl gloves, followed by a pair of heavy cotton gloves that are saturated with Roundup. I grab any/all of the nimblewill I can find and squeeze it. I keep the gloves saturated with Roundup so the chemicals transfer easily, That seems to transfer enough of the Roundup to do the trick, as the weed turns white//ivory-colored in about 4-5 days. Then, it seems to pull out fairly easy, even the roots. Then I scratch the surface and plant grass seed. Roundup says it is ok to plant 7 days after applying and that is how long I have been waiting. So far I have made pretty good progress. more than

1/2 the lawn is done, on a 100 x 200 foot lot minus house and driveway. Biggedt problem is bending over hours at a time.

[David Hare-Scott]

You can get a wick wiper to apply the glyphosate that will do the same selective application and not require bending or using up gloves.

David.

[hrhofmann]

Thanks for the suggestion, I've never heard of a wick wiper, where do you get such a thing?

[David Hare-Scott]

Its a long tubular tank with a handle at one end and a thick rope-like wick loop at the other. You can walk around and dab the wick on to whatever you like at ground level or above. I got one from a hardware store that had a garden section. You could make one without a lot of trouble.

David

[hrhofmann]

Thanks, I'll know what to look for my next venture out.

[hrhofmann]

I went to two local garden-type stores, neither had heard of a tool to dispense weed killer onto a wick or any other type of dispenser. Before I try to build one, I thought I would try to buy one. Do you have a brand name, or maybe some other name by which it would be known?

[David Hare-Scott]

I had one that was Yates Zero Weed Wand but that is in Oz so you may not have it.

David

[FarmI]

I went to two local garden-type stores, neither had heard of a tool to dispense weed killer onto a wick or any other type of dispenser. Before I try to build one, I thought I would try to buy one. Do you have a brand name, or maybe some other name by which it would be known? _________________________________ Here are some cites from both the US and Australia so you can 'see' what they look like:

(I'd be wary of this latter one as the wick is too big - good for really big weeds, but not fine enough for smaller weeds)

[Bill who putters]

Perhaps the op could use this tool ?

[hrhofmann]

Bill:

Can you try the website you gave, I couldn't get it to work even when pasting the two lines into my browser?

[Bill who putters]

Amazon may be preventing the URL.

Goggle

WeedBall Herbicide Applicator by A.M. Leonard

Bill

[Derald]

[Billy]

Worked for me.

Of course if you left the > in as in below A6E5O/ref=sr_1_4?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1285666748&sr=1-4>

Remove the > between the F and the A found in the right hand margin on the line above.