What is most available, easy to use weed killer?

[Norminn]

Roundup is the most effective KILL EVERYTHING herbicide...gotta be careful not to spray on windy days, as it will drift and kill desirable plants. Some plants with "waxy" leaves, like ivy, are hard for roundup to penetrate and one can add a little detergent to it. Follow label instructions! Best time is when stuff is actively growing. To make it most effective, mow weeds if possible and then spray when new growth appears; that way, the plant is taking up all of the spray and making "less is more" work. You might also take a sample of the weed to county extension agent for advice if Roundup doesn't work.

[TimR]

rote:

Nope, urban legend. Bleach and another household product ARE a deadly mix, but I won't tell you which one in public. Though if you remember high school level chemistry it should be obvious.

I use Roundup, for me it works fine even on poison ivy.

Last year though I was working on my daughter's car, and ended up spilling small amounts of antifreeze. Killed everything near by. I was surprised, I didn't think I spilled that much, or that the spots would stay dead so long.

[trader4]

There is no such thing as Ag strength Roundup. It's sold as either ready to use or concentrated which you then dilute to whatever strength you need or want. You don't use the concentrate directly.

[trader4]

Maybe you read a different post. I didn't see anything there that indicated he wanted a broadleaf selective herbicide. Unless you think the weeds and scraggly small trees he's trying to kill are in his lawn....

[Robert Macy]

tuber, or tubor, or whatever, but it is a gargantuan root with a lot of stored energy that can survive almost anything done to the foliage.

[gonjah]

Have you tried just mowing or pulling? I've heard mowing, before the weed seeds, can be effective.

[dpb]

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What was _not_ to imply that?

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[dpb]

On 4/20/2012 9:43 AM, Robert Macy wrote: ...

Your best bet then is to identify what it is, specifically, and find what is an appropriate herbicide and application protocol.

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[AJL]

Yup. I use the Target clone. Half the price, weeds look just as dead...

[trader4]

Well to imply that he wants a broadleaf selective herbicide would mean that it's in a turf area. He mentioned wanting to kill weeds and scraggly trees. Scraggly trees would imply to me that it's more likely an area of brush, not lawn.

[dpb]

On 4/20/2012 1:26 PM, [e-mail] wrote: ...

Whatever you say since you're omniscient apparently.

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[clare]

Concentrated is what I referred to as "ag strength" because around here you pretty well need to be a farmer or a licenced applicator to buy anything but the severely diluted stuff.

For some applications it needs to be about twice as strong a mixture to be effective.

[Congoleum Breckenridge]

Try Trimec Classic

works for Me.

[Steve Barker]

there are several different strengths of the concentrate. And there most certainly IS a PRO strength available. (if you're licensed to use it)

[trader4]

Yawn..... The "pro strength" is just the concentrate at

50%, which of course like all the concentrated versions you dilute to the appropriate level prior to use. Now show us where you have to be licensed to buy or use it. Certainly not here in the peoples republic of NJ where even Home Depot carries it. It's also available for anyone to order online from a variety of retailers.

The point was that with any of the concentrated forms you don't apply it as is. You dilute it to the appropriate concentration for the application.

[bob haller]

If you REALLY want to kill everything mix 50% roundup with 50% poision ivy killer. this really kills vegetation dead, and is the only thing that kills poision ivy on my front hillside.

I first tried to get a landscaper to do it with pro chemicals but they insisted on killing everything....

including some stuff my mom planted shortly before she died........

[clare]

Need to be licenced in Ontario Canada, for one.

[clare]

Round up with a surfactant. Down and dirty is a couple spoonsful of Diesel or Kero in a couple gallons of mix.

[Robert Neville]

And Roundup (or as its no longer patented - its far less expensive generic equivilent) only acts on the leaf of the plant. Spraying it on the trunk, bark or surrounding ground does nothing.