Round up ?

[orion]

After you spray round up on the plot you want to kill how soon can you start tilling the land and expect the plants to fully die?

[t_barb]

Once it dries the plant is essentially dead.  It may remain green for a few days to a week, but it is going to die.

 

What I have found to work the best is a mow what I am going to spray as low as I can.  I spray it and then wait 2 weeks until everything is dead and really starting to dry out.  At that point I till.

 

For me 2 weeks seems to be just right.  IF you wait until things die and dry out a bit, it makes it easier to work the ground.  I use a 5 foot 3pt. tiller...  those that use a plow may have a differnt view.

 

The one thing that I have found over the years is that it does not take much to kill most of what is out there.  A 2% solution works just fine (2quarts of 41% Glyphosate to 25 gallons of water).  Also, watch for sales at Tractor Supply.  Last year I bought 2.5 gal. containers of Gordon's Pronto Big n Tuf for $30 to $35 a container on sale.  Almost half the price or better than Roundup brand.  Same thing and works great

[fasteddie]

Ground Clear also has the Glyphosate in it at 5% in the concentrate . It gets mixed at 1 quart of Ground Clear Concentrate to 1 gallon of water . WalMart has it for $19.95 a gallon .

[G-Man]

So does big n tough...same active ingredients. But 1/4 to half the cost. Let it brown up and till

[orion]

Thanks

 

We usually wait 2 weeks also but was wondering how soon  the plants would actually be dead. 

[WesternNY]

Depending on how thick the vegetation is you are going to spray and how you are going to till the soil...... you may be better off not spraying.   Turning green vegetation into the soil helps improve your soil.  Spraying and then tilling dead matter helps a bit but not as much as turning in green.

 

Again it depends.... on the situation and your equipment.  Just something to think about