A city employee told me they killed weeds and other unwanted stuff by spraying the field with a mixture of diesel fuel and water.
Has anyone heard of this or had any experience with this method?
A city employee told me they killed weeds and other unwanted stuff by spraying the field with a mixture of diesel fuel and water.
Has anyone heard of this or had any experience with this method?
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Maybe they're just saying that their tractor has a leaky radiator and isn't hitting on all cylinders.
By the way, I have a fence line that I would like to keep free of weeds. If you have a good method you use for this that works let me know.
The railroads use a calcium chloride solution.
I've had good luck with straight vinegar, if sprayed in full sun. If you can get a hold of commercial, non-diluted stuff, it works even better.
arrowshooter,
Use some generic Roundup. Much better for everbody than diesel.
KK
I've had success with straight bleach and a sprayer. Seem to recall it needs to be a sunny and dry day.
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well I go to the Co-op and get ....Round-up PRO DRY,... one little packet makes three gals. and kills everything but you need to do that twice, there are other AG products ,but those can kill trees as well as everything else" the packets are $3 each
Edited 9/15/2005 9:56 pm ET by maddog3
i worked for a parks & rec department when i was younger. we used to add some diesel to our already potent weed killer. i was told that the viscosity of the diesel make the mixture stick to the weed better. or maybe they were just pulling my leg.
either way, probably not the best idea in the world.
craig
archintrain,
A teaspoon of Dawn will make the glycophosphate stick to waxy leaf weeds. Diesel is a groundwater contaminate.KK
Use crop oil consintrate instead of deisel. detergents wash the waxy surface of the vegitation so the weed killer can get in better.
I would use RoundUp mixed and applied per label instructions. If the label said a surfactant was needed, use one (Dawn and other soaps are a form of surfactant but I would use one designed to be sprayed). I have heard of farmers adding diesel (off label) for spot spraying. I believe it may break down the waxy coating on some weeds and allow better penetration of the RoundUp. It may also directly kill the weeds.
In any event, it is not a good idea to mix chemicals for which you do not know the reactivity/toxicity of and it is not a good idea to go off label directions (federal law violation). Diesel and other petro oils are pollutants/contaminants, and enough of it is leaked into the ecosystem via leaky I/C engines. If you just have a small patch to spray, pre-mixed RoundUp would save you the headache of mixing and measuring.