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Any great alternatives to Roundup?
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:08 pm
I've seen Knock Out in Lowes but I've seen some pretty lackluster reviews for it. What are some cheaper alternatives that work just as good or better than Roundup?
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Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:22 pm to TDsngumbo
I doubt anything. Why don't you want to use roundup?
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:25 pm to TDsngumbo
I use knock out all the time and it works great
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:28 pm to TDsngumbo
For ground clearing you can just use a tarp. Same effect as roundup. I did this with our garden plot last year instead of using herbicide to clear.
ETA- the results make you realize what happens to all life on Earth if a volcanic eruption or meteor impact blotted out the sun for 12 days. Not good.
ETA- the results make you realize what happens to all life on Earth if a volcanic eruption or meteor impact blotted out the sun for 12 days. Not good.
This post was edited on 7/29/19 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:36 pm to LoneStarTiger
That’s good to know because it’s a bit cheaper. Just looking for good alternatives that are cheaper but will actually work.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:43 pm to deeprig9
I tarped my raised veggie beds for 30 days late last winter/early spring. Picked up the tarp to discover...blanched but very much alive effing torpedo grass.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:52 pm to hungryone
You probably had the shitty cheap tarp. You gotta use the thick tarp, and not the blue, use the ones side brown one side gray from Walmart.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 3:55 pm to deeprig9
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You probably had the shitty cheap tarp. You gotta use the thick tarp, and not the blue, use the ones side brown one side gray from Walmart.
LOL my tarp was not thin/cheap...and it was folded so it was actually four layers thick. I covered the entire raised bed & overlapped the sides.
Torpedo grass apparently just goes dormant and patiently waits through anything short of a nuclear winter to come roaring back.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 4:13 pm to TDsngumbo
Knockout Herbicide is the same active ingredient as Roundup, 41% glyphosate. You can purchase other generic brands of 41% glyphosate that will be cheaper than the “Roundup” brand, for example, Hi-Yield Killzall Weed and Grass Killer LINK which is available at just about any hardware store (not the Big Box stores) or retail plant nurseries.
Off hand, I can’t think of any general purpose non-selective herbicide more effective and cheaper than glyphosate. Adding a surfactant (spreader sticker) to the solution will increase its effectiveness
Off hand, I can’t think of any general purpose non-selective herbicide more effective and cheaper than glyphosate. Adding a surfactant (spreader sticker) to the solution will increase its effectiveness
This post was edited on 7/29/19 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 7/29/19 at 4:27 pm to CrawDude
Poast will kill pretty much any and all grass. Prowl could possibly be an option. Check the labels to be certain.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 4:40 pm to hungryone
Try clear plastic sheeting next time.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 4:46 pm to TDsngumbo
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Just looking for good alternatives that are cheaper but will actually work.
Tractor Supply sells a aftermarket roundup. 2.5 gal on sale goes around $45.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:21 pm to fishfighter
Go find a keeling and co and get a jug of razor pro. Used it for years and kills everything.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:58 pm to coonass27
That is also glyphosate.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 8:00 am to BiggerBear
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Try clear plastic sheeting next time.
Try black plastic sheeting. Robs it of light and water and cooks it in the summer sun at the same time.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 8:11 am to hungryone
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Torpedo grass apparently just goes dormant and patiently waits through anything short of a nuclear winter to come roaring back.
I'm convinced it would be the only thing alive after the cockroaches.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 9:34 am to TDsngumbo
I'm convinced that lackluster reviews of any glyphosate product is fake news spread by the anti-Roundup crowd. It works. I've got a 2.5 gal jug that is 2+ years old, been sitting in a shed subject to freezing cold and hot summer, it still kills weeds like a mug.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:48 am to ConfusedHawgInMO
Muriatic acid will kill everything, but your soil pH will bottom out and spraying acid isn’t the safest task in the world. It will also etch cement.
This post was edited on 7/30/19 at 10:50 am
Posted on 7/30/19 at 11:25 am to DMAN1968
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Try clear plastic sheeting next time.
Try black plastic sheeting. Robs it of light and water and cooks it in the summer sun at the same time.
I'm gonna try black plastic this go-round, as I decided not to plant a late summer garden. I just need to find some thick black plastic on a roll....contractor trash bags aren't thick enough. I figure August heat + black plastic just might cook things enough to kill the torpedo.
Sadly, it just shakes off the RoundUp.
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