Answered My Own Question

[bluedog]

In case anyone is wondering, it takes 3 days from the time you spray a weed with herbicide until the time you can dig it up and not worry about it regenerating itself (see below).

I got my answer from another forum. Luckily, it is more important to me to remain entertained rather than informed; so, I guess I'll stick with you guys :wub:

"Once you have sprayed the area you want to kill, wait three
days before doing anything else. After a period of three days
the grasses that you sprayed may not look any different, but if
they have been properly sprayed, they will die. It takes three
days for the herbicide to translocate throughout the entire
plant, then the plants will die. So even though the weeds and
grass plants look fine, you can start digging and chopping and
not worry about them growing back"

[terese]

Darn!! and i had such high hopes. :rolleyes:

[grindle]

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[donybee]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[erdine]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Audwoman]

:unsure: bluedog let me know if they gave you the right answer. Because I think I have sprayed and dug and the weeds come back. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[DandyLioness]

Yep, Aud..... an answer is an answer is an answer, but the RIGHT answer is important! :lol:

[SilenceOfTheClams]

Okay "organic peeps"... no hate mail here! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I USE ROUNDUP!!! I sprayed some "we refuse to DIE weeds" that keep reappearing between the cracks of my sidewalk. It was crispy brown in 24 hours..... yup.. deader than a doornail.... and this was perhaps 4 weeks ago.... and the cripsy brown dudes are still there as I've not pulled, dug, or chopped them out. I figure I'll get to "removal" when the task becomes a priority. That DOES fall AFTER "getting a bathrub installed, my kitchen ceiling, floor, countertops installed AND after I've turned into a PRUNE from soaking in the tub!"

Apologies for not offering the RoundUp results earlier to Blue and hopefully finding the RIGHT ANSWER to other questions of the universe... like... how LONG DOES IT TAKE for a plumber to finish his job?
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Whoopsie... didn't SEE Blue's post Circa Sept 7th til now... mea culpa!!!

[donybee]

I treat my weed beds with black plastic. It does a number on weed seed also. After a week of hot sun it's like baking the soil to sterilize it. Seems the worms like to gather under it also.

[lighthouseseeker]

Sometimes it hard to keep up with all the new posts. :lol: Sorry we didn't answer your question. Glad you found it anyway. I have sprayed stuburn weeds and grass with round-up too, but a lot of times they come back (or perhaps new ones grow :unsure: ) Weeding just seems to go along with gardening. Might try the black plastic idea. B)

[MrSeedy]

I think I'd not have any objections to using some non-organic pesticides and herbicides for some "quick and effective" fixes , but besides being of some question, as to how much environmental damage they do, they are never 100 % effective from most people's experience, so the problem just comes back over and over again, and you're constantly having to put more of the same questionable stuff on , and I think that's bad. It does afford some degree of controlling some problem pests and diseases perhaps, but considering the need for constant re-application, I'd prefer to stick to the safer organic approach for most things. Just my opinion, and I'll not froth at the mouth from the suggestion of applying any type of chemical herbicide or pesticide!! Despite over fifty years of constantly developing new pesticides to combat various pests, the chemical industry is always searching for "stronger" stuff, since the insects develope resistance to all those new pesticides so quickly. I'd say Mother Nature will always prevail, except when thwarted by such strong chemicals!!

[gardenlady]

i am a round up person. doesn't the chemical composition change after a while anyway? well what ever, it works great and i use it when i have trouble weeds. :lol: