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Expert: Ronald B Persaud - 6/30/2009


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I have planted a hillside with jasmine in weedcloth, but some weeds are coming up in the holes alongside the jasmine. What weed killer can I use that won't kill the jasmine?

Answer
I have sprayed glyphosate (41%) on Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum) at the rate of 1 oz. in one gallon of water.  I spot-sprayed the weeds and they  were killed in about ten days. It discolored the jasmine faintly.
You can try that provided that you are accurate.
Otherwise it will be hand weeding.

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Ronald B Persaud

Expertise

Florida (Central and South) lawns maintenance and troubleshooting.

Experience

Work experience in Garden and Technical Sales (Ace Hardware and Lesco). L&O Spray Technican/Horticulturist/Tree permitting (Local Municipality). Commercial Landscape Maintenance (Condo complex and Shopping Mall)

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Past member Florida Landscape Maintenance Association (Pinellas County).

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On the 'Gardenweb' under the pseudonym "Ronalawn82"

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CPO certified (L&O) Florida. Hons. Graduate: Eastern Caribbean Farm Institute (now Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry), Trinidad WI.

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