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My son took roundup and sprayed a lot of weed (?) in my yard now I have these awful brown spots. What can I do and will the weeds come back? Thanks
Plants: 34 | From: South Carolina | Registered: Jun 2003
| Seeded: 152.163.252.166
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Esor....if your asking about clean up....you can rake the dead weeds up or just let them lie. If they had gone to seed I like to pick them up and put them in the trash..(very gently not to spread more seed). I would just put another layer of compost/mulch over the top of the dead spots if you don't like the look of brown. You are safe to plant in those areas of brown now.....can't remember exactly (but is on the jug) you can plant after I believe a few days. I would plant anything except for citrus trees and those they recommend waiting a little longer time period....you will have to look that up because I cannot remember off the top of my head.
Those weeds won't come back if it was used at the right concentration but off shoots from them sometimes will...like in the case of Burmuda grass. If it is like my place....there are a ton of weed seeds around and because of raking/hoeing/birds/rain moving the soil you will have OTHER weeds pop up. I have the gallon sprayer and then a little squirt bottle to walk around with when I see stray weeds (weeds that are not easy to hoe out) pop up.
Some people use toooo high a concentration of Round Up thinking more the better but that is not the case. If you use a higher concentration than recommended it will kill the top growth but not the root system and they will pop right back up. Very important to use the right concentration.
And this is for anyone using the product...it is poisonous to animals so make sure it is dry before allowing animals to enter the area. "I" also add a tsp. of dish soap to the solution so that the Round Up will adhere more to the weed!
Is this the info you were looking for?
* * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003
| Seeded: 68.66.244.5
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The roundup will break down in a month or 2. Spread a little lawn soil over the brown spots and re-seed.
Plants: 36 | From: Columbus, OH | Registered: Jun 2004
| Seeded: 156.63.195.2
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1st thing Round Up is very misleading with their commercial ads. They show it being used over a lawn to kill weeds, and it should not be used this way, as it will kill the grass as well. The 2nd and the good thing is that you can re-seed almost the same day as you do the spraying. That is a bit of an exageration, but not by much. You can actually seed a week after an application. Next time either pull the weeds, or use somthing that is safe to go on a lawn, such as Weed-be Gone.
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If it is like my place....there are a ton of weed seeds around and because of raking/hoeing/birds/rain moving the soil you will have OTHER weeds pop up. I have the gallon sprayer and then a little squirt bottle to walk around with when I see stray weeds (weeds that are not easy to hoe out) pop up.![[dunno]](graemlins/dunno.gif)
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