Author Topic: Another "Paging Gigabuist" thread- Poison Ivy  (Read 2810 times)

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Re: Another "Paging Gigabuist" thread- Poison Ivy
« Reply #25 on: August 03, 2015, 03:59:14 PM »
Ohhh... the MCPA... that IS 2,4-D I'd never heard of it as that before.

I have some persistent clover and other weeds that the 1 gallon hand-sprayer Ortho products never get rid of completely.

Wait, that doesn't sound right.  I looked up the label and it said something like 13% 2,4-D and 1.5% each triclopyr and dicamba.  Maybe MCPA is the same thing as dicamba?  Or we are not looking at the same label.

Brush-B-Gon concentrate (8% triclopyr) is the Ortho product that should kill resistant broadleafs, like violets and clover.  I used a different brand of the same stuff to get rid of the creeping charlie in my front lawn a couple of years ago and it hasn't come back (I sprayed way into the neighbors lawn with it)  It was slow-acting tho'.  I sprayed it in the fall and it didn't seem to do much but charlie didn't come back in the spring.

I need to spray the CC in the back yard again; I didn't spray that so thoroughly and I missed a few spots.  That, plus the stuff moving in from the back neighbor is all it take... :(
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Re: Another "Paging Gigabuist" thread- Poison Ivy
« Reply #26 on: August 03, 2015, 09:27:32 PM »
my nemesis is crown vetch in my lawn
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Re: Another "Paging Gigabuist" thread- Poison Ivy
« Reply #27 on: August 03, 2015, 09:28:50 PM »
I mix up 2-4-D, glyphosate and dish soap. Kill 'em all and let mother Gaia sort 'em out.
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