Re: [CH] Weed killer application
Celeste or Dave Anderson (chilehed1@powernet.net)
Sun, 31 May 1998 15:21:56 +0000
There is a wipe on applicator manufactured by Smucker Manufacturing
of Harrisburg Oregon called the Red Weeder. It's a long hollow red
plastic tube with a wipe on applicator at a right angle. Sort of
looks like a big hockey stick. you fill it with a quart of water and
whatever herbicide you want and just wipe it on the plants. I bought
mine at United Horticultural Supply for $25.00. Haven't had a chance
to use it yet but I did fill it with water and the applicator stays
wet and doesn't drip.
Dave Anderson
Tough Love Chile Co.
http://www.powernet.net
> Another way to control application of an herbicide like Roundup is the
> "wand" method - instead of spraying, you touch the plants with something
> moistened in the herbicide. Farmers do this to remove tall volunteer corn
> plants from soybean fields, for example. One advantage to this is that
> wind has no effect on the application, unlike sprays.
>
> (One thing you can do to minimize wind drift is keep the pressure low and
> the spray droplets larger and coarser. Puffy mist can travel a long way.)
>
> When I was on the landscape maintenance crew at Ohio State University, I
> wore a rubber glove with a cloth glove over it. I would wet the glove and
> fondle the plants I wanted to remove. I called it the Dab of Doom. You
> could wrap a broomstick in an old towel or something like that.