Posted by Fixerupper on January 31, 2011 at 07:03:43 from (207.199.205.40):
In Reply to: Round up question posted by 37 Chief on January 30, 2011 at 18:31:01:
You know, I got to thinking about this a bit, and there could be another variable to this. In the farming community there is more to applying herbicides than just pouring it in the tank and spraying it on. When we farmers spray a herbicide on our crops we use the minimum amount it will take to kill the weeds. We also add products to help spead the droplets out and make it easier for the plant to absorb. This is for both economical purposes and to protect the crop we are spraying it on. Too much herbicide will kill or stunt our crop which translates to killed or stunted income for the whole year. When the minimum effective amount is applied, a glitch in the weather can render it ineffective really quick. The easily killed weeds will still die but the tougher ones won't and even can become resistant.
Roundup sprayed on our crops here in Iowa is applied at the rate of 24-32 oz per acre,give or take a little. A person applying it to a non-crop area might be putting it on at 60, 80, or who knows how many ounces. When an excess amount is sprayed it becomes more weather proof. The person who isn't very scientific about it, like I am when I spray fencerows with 2-4D, doesn't really know how much is going on the plant. Jim
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