Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 7, 2018 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 166
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How to divide 1/4 teaspoon of granular herbicide into 8 parts?
OK, I have a few (5 or 6) nutgrass sprouts that keep coming back in my raised beds.
I have dug them up repeatedly and they come back. I have sprayed them with Roundup and they didn't even notice. I sprayed them with Image mixed per label instructions and they didn't bat an eye. I sprayed them with concentrated Image right out of the bottle and they seemed to think it was fertilizer. I found the attached that says herbicides containing Halosulfuron work better than Image. Image contains Imazaquin. SedgeHammer, Hi-Yield Nutsedge Control, and Monterey Nut Grass Killer contain Halosulfuron. But they are not cheap. I found some Hi-Yield Nutsedge Control at a local garden center. It was $18 for 0.03 ounces (weight). It's a kind of granular solid in tiny little worm-shaped particles. That's about 1/4 of a teaspoon. Hmmmm. They say to mix it all in 1 gallon of water and use within 24 hours. But they say to reapply after a week or two if it didn't kill the nutgrass. That gets expensive. What I want to do is divide that tiny amount into 8 little ziplock bags and use it as needed. Each little bag would make a pint of solution. I have some digital postage scales but they don't measure down at those levels. The lowest resolution is like 0.1 ounce. Anybody got any suggestions on how to divide 1/4 teaspoon of solid into 8 equal little piles? |
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