Instead of thickening it, try foaming it.

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I poured some Roundup concentrate in a little jar of foaming soap and shook it up. I got the idea from a video GCI made about that greenshoot product. I then put on some latex gloves and used it to kill off some grassy weeds in my cold season lawn. It kind of worked, a lot died, I need to keep on it.

I didn't dilute the soap at all, but in hindsight, it might be a good idea.

 

Maybe xanthum gum?

 

You can squeeze enough gly out of the glove to not drip but transfer well to the plant when touched.
The glove method along with a small squeeze bottle to dispense worked very well for me

 

This is what I do to quackgrass

 

Have you seen the Round Up has a gel stick? I just noticed it last week and bought one to try. It was like $8 on Amazon and supposed to treat 1000 weeds. It can be a little annoying using the stick (think stick of deodorant) but I will probably gut the container next time and use just gloves. Probably still more cost effective to thicken your own concentrate though.

 

Maybe rub the gel from the stick on your gloves and do it that way?

 

Just make the glove damp with straight up glyphosate

 

 

I tried the round up stick on 7/8/24 and it hasn’t killed anything yet. Haven’t done the math to see how strong it is, but in its defense, I only painted the parts of dallis grass that were taller than my SA two days before mow. I’m starting to think this is more geared towards bare weeds in mulched ornamental beds than trying to hit weeds in turf.

 

It contains the pelargonic acid that gives the “visible” dead look. Probably not allowing for a slow kill

 

Have you seen the Round Up has a gel stick? I just noticed it last week and bought one to try. It was like $8 on Amazon and supposed to treat 1000 weeds. It can be a little annoying using the stick (think stick of deodorant) but I will probably gut the container next time and use just gloves. Probably still more cost effective to thicken your own concentrate though.

I have seen the stick - I have one or two in the lawn chemicals bin at home. As others have pointed out it's a pain to try and use on grassy weeds within the lawn. When using it, I had a hard time applying enough to kill the target grassy weed without over-applying and killing surrounding grass.

Maybe xanthum gum?

Gonna order some and give it a try! Will report back.

 

I saw this when I was looking for a way to kill poa triv, but decided to the traditional route of just spraying.
Green Shoots: Precision Foam Weed Killer Kit

Edit: I didn’t notice the previous post of the same product.

Instead of thickening it, try foaming it.

www.greenshootsonline.com