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Roundup and Cacti

Posted by cherax Syd NSW Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 11, 09 at 22:52

Hi All
I have a query regarding the use of glyphosate (roundup) use with succulents in general.
From my limited experience alot of fleshy plants do not suffer from the application of roundup ie; agapanthus etc. Wondering as to whether this applies to cacti as I have a job where there are weed infestations amongst very spike cacti and I dont like being a pincushion!
Any thoughts greatly appreciated
andrew


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RE: Roundup and Cacti

Spraying wont kill them, but you could try slitting the leaves and putting a stronger solution into them, when we want to kill a tree hubby drills holes in them and pours neat Glyphosate 450 into the holes that works so I dont see why it wont work on cacti. Best of luck..


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RE: Roundup and Cacti

Reading your post again do you mean you want to kill the weeds amongst the cacti, if so then paint the weeds rather than spray or use a small sprayer like a 500ml bottle where you can adjust the spray or squirt a lot easier and get down to spray the weeds. What about putting newspapers around the cacti time consuming I know but if you dont want anything to happen to the plants it may be the best way..


 
 

 

 


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