How long after roundup can you seed

Run off hurts us all. Au contraire, you DO get to choose which life you kill with pesticides. Glyphosate inhibits an enzyme that we and animals, birds, insects and fish completely lack. No target, no toxicity. Hi, We killed the lawn using Ultra Stop Weed and Grass Killer and we do not know when to replant the new grass it takes more than two weeks? When used appropriately, chemicals can help produce great, safe products. So, then, to get a straight answer, if you please, how long do I have to wait to plant after spraying weeds with Roundup???

Used on edible food, if it is used to kill weeds in a field with food, it gets on the food, how much of the roundup still on the food for injestion? We have a voracious foreign invader on our little island here in the South Pacific. Impossible to remove by digging pulling etc. Roundup actually does work in a matter of hours but I will wait a week before planting seeds.

We have a wild ground cover here that has invaded my whole yard. It has white peanut type growth on the roots and where ever there is a nut a whole new plant grows again. It has been sprayed many times with Round-up which kills the plant but not these little white things underground. I use barrels cut in half to plant my vegetables and somehow this plant has even invaded these barrels.

Any suggestions? I have sprayed the undesireable seeds in our herb and flower garden thrice. I want to sow seeds for zinnia and marigolds now. Shall I wait 3 days, or more? I have a large area that used to be a lawn. For reasons we were not around and the grass died, weed are abundant. Sod is expensive to buy and labor extensive to put down. Seeding then…. Some say three weeks, some four — between Round up an seeding.

Some say days? Is there rime or reason somewhere. Surmise that vinegar will not do in this case. ECOSmart products sold at Home Depot, Ace Hardware and other stores, along with safer and more natural alternatives like the lemon juice, vinegar and soap mixtures you can learn about on the internet and are much cheaper, can be used to kill weeds and are ecologically and biologically safe to humans and pets. It is not necessary to use all these harmful poisons to be effective.

One more point, be very careful about what companies and government agencies bought and paid for by those companies …you allow to think for you, as they were the same families of companies that said for one of many examples…that agent orange was safe! After reading all the evidence damning glyphosate , a key ingredient in ROUNDUP, I feel compelled to share the following : Monsanto has known for decades that Roundup, and all glyphosate products are poisonous to the soil, water, and all life on the planet.

It does NOT breakdown as Monsanto would claim, but leaches into groundwater and stays in soil, releasing carcinogens that contaminate and cause cancer. It actually does. Exposure to glyphosate is very dangerous to human health. A significant increase in brain, breast, liver, thyroid, bone, and lymph caners have been reported among those exposed to glyphosate residues.

Many countries have banned the use of glyphosates, The World Health Orgnization has listed glyphosate as a carcinogen. The WHO???? But professing doubt and proving Monsanto is wrong are two very different things. I lost 98 out of plants. Im in australia — use glyphosate on my farm…. Anything before that 10 month period will ingest the Glyphosate. Disclaimer: Reference to products is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses.

Any person using products listed in these articles assumes full responsibility for their use in accordance with current directions of the manufacturer. Purdue Sites. College of Agriculture Sites. Related Sites. The chemicals disrupt the life cycle of the plant. If there is no plant, they don't do anything. Maybe you're thinking of pre-emergents. Pre-emergents are put on the soil and disrupt seeds as they try to germinate.

Except for a couple of exceptions, they also prevent grass seed from germinating. Mesotrione is a pre-emergent that allows most grass seeds to germinate read the label to see which ones while preventing weed seeds from germinating.

Scott's has a starter fertilizer with it and you can also buy it separately as Tenacity. I don't understand why you want to replace the soil. Any soil you use will have weed seeds. Such a massive disruption as you propose will endanger the soil life. It's best not to disturb the soil any more than necessary. I have had good luck keeping weeds at bay from my adjacent ravine with a very thick line of bark mulch. This has been effective and no harmful herbicides needed.

I like Kaillean's idea: lots of mulch as a barrier between woods and lawn. Can you mow back there? Any reason why you're not mowing? I see a few obstacles stumps, pole.

If you have impediments to mowing, that will make it hard to maintain as lawn. You've got some interesting vegetation that is attractive visually as long as it stays in its place. I vote for a wide mulch barrier. I agree - you need a demarcation zone between the lawn and the wild growth behind.

I live adjacent to a green belt and that's what I do. It is also what I suggest to clients that have similar issues. A ' wide, thick layer of bark mulch or wood chips will keep the weeds from encroaching and allow you easy access to the native area for any necessary trimming. Applying pre-emergent would probably help quite a bit, mulch barrier or not.

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Sign In. Join as a Pro. Houzz TV. Houzz Research. Shop Featured Holiday Categories. Home Decor. Holiday Decor. Christmas Trees. Holiday Lighting. Gift Cards. Lawn Care. Bert J 4 years ago. Email Save Comment Featured Answer. Ted Zone 4 IA 4 years ago. Like 1 Save. Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. You can seed within 1 hour after applying glyphosate. Like Save.