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Help save my apple tree!

Discussion in 'Gardening Discussions' started by glenn austin, May 30, 2014.

  1. glenn austin

    glenn austin Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi, I'm a new gardener, (and an idiot), i've accidently sprayed my apple tree all over with weed killer instead of bug killer. I'm distraught. what can i expect? slow death? I've washed it off with a couple of buckets of water, is there anything else I can do? Please help!
     
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    Hi Glen and Welcome to GC.. :yikes: Oh dear that is a bad mistake to make, poor you.. I really wouldn't like to say if it will survive that.. Was it a glyphosate systemic weed killer like roundup.?Is it an older established tree or a young one and is it in a pot or the ground.?
    Not sure if washing it off straight away will do the job.. Plenty of washing off too.. ;)

    I would think you will just have to wait and see...:scratch:
     
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    Thanks. It's a fairly established tree I guess, 7 ft tall, but seems youngish. It's in the ground.it is the roundup brand, is that good or bad news?
     
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    Hmm I think you will just have to see.. If a systemic it depends how much the leaves absorbed before you washed it off.. It may take a week to show.. Sorry I cannot be more helpful, but maybe others along later may have a better idea..
     
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    thankyou again. I washed it off within minutes. dammit i'm so depressed! Thanks for your help!
     
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    If it is Glyphosate based weedkiller then I think there is hope. Instructions on that say "Do not apply if it will rain within 6 hours" (or somesuch) as it is critical that it stays on the leaves for long enough to be "transported" into the plant.
     
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    it was roundup, even says fast acting on it...damn, i feel so glum..thanks for your help though.
     
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    :SUNsmile: Try not to feel too glum Glen.. You are not the first to do it and I am sure not the last.. :thud: Not much comfort I know, but you never know your luck in gardening, so I think you will just have to wait and see and hope.. :thumbsup:
     
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