Rosate (glyphosphate) won't have much effect this time of year in the UK - plants need to be growing strongly for it to work. So use it between April-Sept (ish) If you use it around dusk, there fewer bees around, but more moths... Rosate is only absorbed by leaves, not roots or flowers. I use it only on tricky weeds like docks and only spray the leaves and always use water droplets rather than a fine mist which drifts about.
I don't know if it's detrimental to bees, but I doubt it's good for them
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Most standard weedkillers are effective when used correctly, but it's not the right time of year. Weeds have to be growing strongly. Resolva is what I use - everything else is too slow for things like dandelions, in my experience. Annuals get taken out manually, but I don't have a lot of weeds.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hello! Is anybody used Roundup Total before (I found it here)? It seems that this thing is strong enough to kill my gardens weeds
If you check the label of contents on the Roundup variants I think you will find that the concentration of the active ingredient is the only difference between them. I know when I was looking a year or so ago, I was doing mental gymnastics trying to work out the unit cost of each one.
The place I work is next to a railway line and the usual Knotweed is presnt however using this 3 times last year has killed it in the yard tho still repsent on the railway embankment. As I understand it has 320g/lts of glyphosate compared to retail weed killers having only 8g/l (EU directive).
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If you use it around dusk, there fewer bees around, but more moths...
Rosate is only absorbed by leaves, not roots or flowers.
I use it only on tricky weeds like docks and only spray the leaves and always use water droplets rather than a fine mist which drifts about.
I don't know if it's detrimental to bees, but I doubt it's good for them
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Resolva is what I use - everything else is too slow for things like dandelions, in my experience. Annuals get taken out manually, but I don't have a lot of weeds.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If you check the label of contents on the Roundup variants I think you will find that the concentration of the active ingredient is the only difference between them. I know when I was looking a year or so ago, I was doing mental gymnastics trying to work out the unit cost of each one.
As I understand it has 320g/lts of glyphosate compared to retail weed killers having only 8g/l (EU directive).