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The other day I was getting ready to spray some glyphosate (Roundup) on the edges of my driveway. It was the first time this year to use my backpack sprayer. I mixed up a batch and began spraying or trying to do so. Mistake #1: I didn't first try the

When large numbers of seedlings are present, spray them using a low-pressure hand-held sprayer with 2 percent glyphosate (Roundup) or 1 percent triclopyr (Garlon) in late October after native plants are dormant. Always read the herbicide label before

Of course, you're talking a quart of vinegar to cover sidewalk cracks that are dealt with with just a few sprays of Roundup. You can buy Roundup concentrate for $30 which, when used in a tank sprayer, can get rid of all of the weeds on our sidewalk

With the pernicious nature of pigweed, the use of residual herbicides as well as the hooded sprayer have returned to common practice in the field. In the pre-Roundup Ready days of the 1990s, Steve Claussen developed the Redball hooded sprayer.