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Re: Weedkilling: is it okay to mix benzalkonium with glyphosate?
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Tim Lamb
Jan 12, 2019, 1:10:00 PM1/12/19
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In message <XnsA9D5A75...@81.171.118.178>, Pamela
<pamela...@gmail.com> writes
>Moss is starting to show itself on my front path which is made of bricks.
>There's also stray grass and some small weeds.
>
>We usually use BAC 50 (benzalkonium chloride) for moss and, when needed,
>glyphosate for weeds.
>
>Is it okay to mix BAC and glyphosate together in the same sprayer?
Don't know:-) You could do two separate sprays or maybe ask in TFF
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php
Bit cold for glyphosate although my lawn looks fairly healthy.
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Tim Lamb
<pamela...@gmail.com> writes
>Moss is starting to show itself on my front path which is made of bricks.
>There's also stray grass and some small weeds.
>
>We usually use BAC 50 (benzalkonium chloride) for moss and, when needed,
>glyphosate for weeds.
>
>Is it okay to mix BAC and glyphosate together in the same sprayer?
Don't know:-) You could do two separate sprays or maybe ask in TFF
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php
Bit cold for glyphosate although my lawn looks fairly healthy.
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Tim Lamb
Jeff Layman
Jan 12, 2019, 1:33:08 PM1/12/19
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On 12/01/19 16:26, Pamela wrote:
> Moss is starting to show itself on my front path which is made of bricks.
> There's also stray grass and some small weeds.
>
> We usually use BAC 50 (benzalkonium chloride) for moss and, when needed,
> glyphosate for weeds.
>
> Is it okay to mix BAC and glyphosate together in the same sprayer?
Difficult to say. BA is a base, and glyphosate an acid. They are
> Moss is starting to show itself on my front path which is made of bricks.
> There's also stray grass and some small weeds.
>
> We usually use BAC 50 (benzalkonium chloride) for moss and, when needed,
> glyphosate for weeds.
>
> Is it okay to mix BAC and glyphosate together in the same sprayer?
supplied as salts - BA as the chloride, and glyphosate as an
isopropylammonium or trimethylsulfonium (ie both similar to
benzalkonium) or sodium salt.
They might exist in solution together; they might not. The only
incompatibilities for glyphosate here:
<http://www.apparentag.com.au/documents/data/apparent-compatability-chart.pdf>
are diquat and paraquat (both bases)!
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Jeff
Brian Gaff
Jan 13, 2019, 3:49:33 AM1/13/19
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Or the fact that they never actually stopped growing in the first place,
same goes for moss.
Bah humbug.
Brian
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"Pamela" <pamela...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 18:33 12 Jan 2019, Jeff Layman <jmla...@invalid.invalid> wrote in
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> Great chart. Thank you. Strange that BAC is rarely mentioned as a
> weedkiller because I'm sure I had plants die in the past from overspray.
>
> I'm wary because the combination seems a good one, yet no one on Google
> mentions it.
>
> It seems a chore to have to spray the same area twice. I would normally
> use
> them at different times of year, except this year is unusual for the late
> arrival of weeds.
same goes for moss.
Bah humbug.
Brian
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"Pamela" <pamela...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 18:33 12 Jan 2019, Jeff Layman <jmla...@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> news:q1dbt2$dhe$1...@dont-email.me:
> weedkiller because I'm sure I had plants die in the past from overspray.
>
> I'm wary because the combination seems a good one, yet no one on Google
> mentions it.
>
> It seems a chore to have to spray the same area twice. I would normally
> use
> them at different times of year, except this year is unusual for the late
> arrival of weeds.
Andrew Gabriel
Jan 14, 2019, 5:06:39 AM1/14/19
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In article <XnsA9D5A75...@81.171.118.178>,
There are separate moss killers too, for where you don't want to destroy
other vegitation, but when you do, might as well just use glyphosate.
Or use something like Pathclear, which is glyphosate to kill what's
there, plus a germination inhibitor to prevent new growth.
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Pamela <pamela...@gmail.com> writes:
> Moss is starting to show itself on my front path which is made of bricks.
> There's also stray grass and some small weeds.
>
> We usually use BAC 50 (benzalkonium chloride) for moss and, when needed,
> glyphosate for weeds.
>
> Is it okay to mix BAC and glyphosate together in the same sprayer?
IME, glyphosate works on moss too, so you could use just that.
> Moss is starting to show itself on my front path which is made of bricks.
> There's also stray grass and some small weeds.
>
> We usually use BAC 50 (benzalkonium chloride) for moss and, when needed,
> glyphosate for weeds.
>
> Is it okay to mix BAC and glyphosate together in the same sprayer?
There are separate moss killers too, for where you don't want to destroy
other vegitation, but when you do, might as well just use glyphosate.
Or use something like Pathclear, which is glyphosate to kill what's
there, plus a germination inhibitor to prevent new growth.
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Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
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