Round-up and Lime questions

[mikeolivertx]

I have read that a gallon of round-up concentrate should do a few acres. the instructions say it will do 33,000 square ft not quite an acre.
What is the ratio I should mix it.

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I have also read that lime takes a while to start, working it's magic.
What kind of time frame should I plan for ?
Lime now plant next year???? Lime now for fall plots etc....

[4x4man514]

you should see some of your lime benefits in about 3 months but it may take as much as a year to get the full benefits.

[Chad Dauthier]

Mike, I think it depends on the concentrate round up you buy. Some are stronger that others, and some contain surfactants in it already. Just look around I would say. Dunno, though.

[jfwalker]

Roundup for ag use is typically 41% to 50% (depending on product) glyphosphate and the application is in terms of pints of Roundup per acre, or as a 1% or 2% solution in water as a foliar spray. Here is a link for labels of all herbicides: Herbicide Labels (http://www.cdms.net/manuf/manuf.asp)If the Roundup label says it will cover 33,000 square feet, then you have a RTU (Ready To Use) diluted product from a garden center.RTU Roundup is still effective, it is just that herbicides, including Roundup, are much cheaper from an ag supply source, compared to a garden center.

Although it will take a few months for the lime to have an effect, that doesn't automatically mean you have to wait until fall, or next to start your food plots.Assuming that your soil pH is not murderously acidic you can start your food plots this spring.Spreading the lime now and then discing it into the soil as you prepare your seed bed for planting will be an efficient way of incorporating the lime into the soil. If you are going to use a moldboard plow to turn the soil as part of your seed bed preparation, you may want to delay the lime until after the plowing, but before the discing.Depending on how deep you are plowing, the plow may turn some of the lime into the soil deeper than it can be effectively used, wasting some of the money you spent on lime.

[mikeolivertx]

Thanks for the responses.