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Sparkly

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Using glyphosphate in a garden with a dog
« on: July 08, 2009, 10:11:31 »
My little bro lives in rented accomodation and the garden was horrendous. He cut it all down from waist height, but didn't dig the roots out. It is mainly brambles& sticky weed. Obviously he wouldn't listen to his big sister who told him to dig the roots out hehe. He then put a load of gravel down. Anyway obviously it is growing back and he was asking about using glyphosphate on the new growth. He has a dog. Would it be safe if he sprayed the ground and then kept the dog out of the garden for 2 days?

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Re: Using glyphosphate in a garden with a dog
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2009, 14:31:36 »
I would have thought so, providing the dog is not in the habit of chewing plants.

If you do it on the morning of a dry day all should be OK the following day!

It neutralises when it touches the soil so if it is a dog that likes to root around in the soil then again I would think things should be OK

 

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