TWO GUNS
Senior Member
WEED CONTROL
<P mce_keep="true">Thought I would add a little info on this since we all are going to start spraying for weed control.</P>
<P mce_keep="true"> There is now other herbicides that are great other than the very pricey Round-Up. They have a product now on the market called </P>
<P mce_keep="true">Glyfos X-TR, ( http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld289006.pdf ) cost about $38.00 per 2 1/2 gal. compared to Round-Up Max, which runs in the neighborhood of $135.00 per 2 1/2 gal.</P>
<P mce_keep="true">Been using the Glyfos for three years now, and the results are even better than Round-Up. Always adding Surfactant to the mixture.The Surfactant is a additive that will break down the waxy covering of a plant ( weeds ), which makes the plant absort the herbicide so much better and faster. Makes the herbicide stick to the plant, and which cuts down the amount of spray that has to be applied ....</P>
<P mce_keep="true">Also, the amount of the herbicide that you spray makes all the difference in the world. Most people think, the more the better. WRONG !!! All you want is a small " MIST " or should I say, a few microns of herbicide on the plant. For if you cover the plant to much, you smother the plant, shocking the weed, killing the top of the plant only, BUT NOT THE ROOTS !!! What you want is, to barely let a very small mist, and let the plant draw the herbicide down to the roots. Every leaf or sprout of the plant don't have to get herbicide on it, just one little " speck " on any leaf, and the weed will draw it down to the roots, killing everything from top to bottom, that not letting the plant to come back !!!!! That's why it is important to use the Sufactant !!!! Makes it stick so much better !!!!!</P>
<P mce_keep="true"> Wish we could use the Glyfoswith planting the Corn, Cotton, Soybeans etc, etc on the farms. But the seed companies make us use the Round-Up Max for they have their hand in genetically designing the Round-Up Ready seeds, which we use.on the farms. The seed companies will not warranty the seeds if you use any other herbicides other than Round-Up brand..... To bad, for we have to purchase many 55 gallon barrels of this herbicide at a time.Many timesduring the year !!!! It would be so much easier just to dip into this for use on the deer management properties. But the good thing about it, mother nature don't have a warranty, only a guarantee, that she will throw all kinds of weeds and plant exactly where you DON'T want them to be, and then, on that part of spraying, I use the Glyfos.</P>
<P mce_keep="true"> Hope this help some !!!!</P>
<P mce_keep="true"><FONT face=JohnHancock color=#ff0000 size=4> ~~~~~ Two Guns ~~~~~~</FONT></P>
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<P mce_keep="true">Thought I would add a little info on this since we all are going to start spraying for weed control.</P>
<P mce_keep="true"> There is now other herbicides that are great other than the very pricey Round-Up. They have a product now on the market called </P>
<P mce_keep="true">Glyfos X-TR, ( http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld289006.pdf ) cost about $38.00 per 2 1/2 gal. compared to Round-Up Max, which runs in the neighborhood of $135.00 per 2 1/2 gal.</P>
<P mce_keep="true">Been using the Glyfos for three years now, and the results are even better than Round-Up. Always adding Surfactant to the mixture.The Surfactant is a additive that will break down the waxy covering of a plant ( weeds ), which makes the plant absort the herbicide so much better and faster. Makes the herbicide stick to the plant, and which cuts down the amount of spray that has to be applied ....</P>
<P mce_keep="true">Also, the amount of the herbicide that you spray makes all the difference in the world. Most people think, the more the better. WRONG !!! All you want is a small " MIST " or should I say, a few microns of herbicide on the plant. For if you cover the plant to much, you smother the plant, shocking the weed, killing the top of the plant only, BUT NOT THE ROOTS !!! What you want is, to barely let a very small mist, and let the plant draw the herbicide down to the roots. Every leaf or sprout of the plant don't have to get herbicide on it, just one little " speck " on any leaf, and the weed will draw it down to the roots, killing everything from top to bottom, that not letting the plant to come back !!!!! That's why it is important to use the Sufactant !!!! Makes it stick so much better !!!!!</P>
<P mce_keep="true"> Wish we could use the Glyfoswith planting the Corn, Cotton, Soybeans etc, etc on the farms. But the seed companies make us use the Round-Up Max for they have their hand in genetically designing the Round-Up Ready seeds, which we use.on the farms. The seed companies will not warranty the seeds if you use any other herbicides other than Round-Up brand..... To bad, for we have to purchase many 55 gallon barrels of this herbicide at a time.Many timesduring the year !!!! It would be so much easier just to dip into this for use on the deer management properties. But the good thing about it, mother nature don't have a warranty, only a guarantee, that she will throw all kinds of weeds and plant exactly where you DON'T want them to be, and then, on that part of spraying, I use the Glyfos.</P>
<P mce_keep="true"> Hope this help some !!!!</P>
<P mce_keep="true"><FONT face=JohnHancock color=#ff0000 size=4> ~~~~~ Two Guns ~~~~~~</FONT></P>
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