Glyphosate Dye

[ratface]

Can anyone recommend a reasonable priced dye for Glyphosate, I'm spot treating individual multi Flora Rose shoots and Honeysuckle in the spring and want to know which ones are treated and sprayed. The longer lasting the better, anyone have a color preference? Or an application method that's practical? Some folks use a paint brush. I have read to use a 50 percent solution of product with water, so basically I would empty a half container of 41 percent glyphosate and mix with equal amount of water. This is supposedly a way to keep them from sprouting new
off shoots after cutting. It is recommended to treat as soon as cut but I had to cut them all in January and it's too cold to apply, will it still work or do I need to fresh cut them in spring and apply topically?

 

[Russ from MN]

We have used a 50-50 solution to kill the stumps of tag-alder brush, works very well but we were told to spray within 20 minutes of cutting. We have never used any dye, but if I did it would have to be blue, I can't see red very well. Do they make blue food coloring?

 

[Square Eye]

There are any number of dyes for herbicide application. Search Amazon for examples. Try “blue spray indicator” in the search.

 

[ratface]

I searched Amazon, but there are too many with different characteristics and was looking for personal experience but I do appreciate your response. I am really interested in any that last a good long time which does not seem to be the case with most including food dye.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

I searched Amazon, but there are too many with different characteristics and was looking for personal experience but I do appreciate your response. I am really interested in any that last a good long time which does not seem to be the case with most including food dye.

I've never used food coloring because it is water based. Not sure the rain wouldn't wash it off.
Why not take a cheap rattle paint and put a spot of paint on the bush?
You may want to cut the bushes off, drill a hole in the stump and fill with 24d
Roundup works best on grasses and weeds. I think 24d does a better job on brush and trees.
You may want to fact check that.

 

[Butch(OH)]

Can anyone recommend a reasonable priced dye for Glyphosate, I'm spot treating individual multi Flora Rose shoots and Honeysuckle in the spring and want to know which ones are treated and sprayed. The longer lasting the better, anyone have a color preference? Or an application method that's practical? Some folks use a paint brush. I have read to use a 50 percent solution of product with water, so basically I would empty a half container of 41 percent glyphosate and mix with equal amount of water. This is supposedly a way to keep them from sprouting new
off shoots after cutting. It is recommended to treat as soon as cut but I had to cut them all in January and it's too cold to apply, will it still work or do I need to fresh cut them in spring and apply topically?

Go to any farm n fleet type store and go to the chemical section and you will find spray dye.

 

[Square Eye]

I searched Amazon, but there are too many with different characteristics and was looking for personal experience but I do appreciate your response. I am really interested in any that last a good long time which does not seem to be the case with most including food dye.

I’ve used several, but none have had long term residuals. For my uses I didn’t need that. I don’t know of any that last an appreciable time. Talk to an ag chemical dealer. They should have someone who could give you some guidance.

 

[Bob Bancroft]

Can anyone recommend a reasonable priced dye for Glyphosate, I'm spot treating individual multi Flora Rose shoots and Honeysuckle in the spring and want to know which ones are treated and sprayed. The longer lasting the better, anyone have a color preference? Or an application method that's practical? Some folks use a paint brush. I have read to use a 50 percent solution of product with water, so basically I would empty a half container of 41 percent glyphosate and mix with equal amount of water. This is supposedly a way to keep them from sprouting new
off shoots after cutting. It is recommended to treat as soon as cut but I had to cut them all in January and it's too cold to apply, will it still work or do I need to fresh cut them in spring and apply topically?

Does glyphosate work on these plants? I would think a brush killer might work better.

 

[caterpillar guy]

First if there is no foliage you will have a hard time with a contact like Round up and even 24D does not work well that way. I would wait till spring and as it greens up spray it with roundup and 24D. I would not use a 50/50 mix but might use a 2Qt per acres rate with similar for the 24D. That is what I use on fence rows and brush. Might need to spray it a couple times. I am usually lat in the season since I have to wait till after we cut wheat to get to them without crop damage.

 

[rustred]

Can anyone recommend a reasonable priced dye for Glyphosate, I'm spot treating individual multi Flora Rose shoots and Honeysuckle in the spring and want to know which ones are treated and sprayed. The longer lasting the better, anyone have a color preference? Or an application method that's practical? Some folks use a paint brush. I have read to use a 50 percent solution of product with water, so basically I would empty a half container of 41 percent glyphosate and mix with equal amount of water. This is supposedly a way to keep them from sprouting new
off shoots after cutting. It is recommended to treat as soon as cut but I had to cut them all in January and it's too cold to apply, will it still work or do I need to fresh cut them in spring and apply topically?

what about food coloring ? pick a color. lol.

 

[ratface]

People use food coloring but it dissipates quickly. The bushes are down to stubs but it was near 0 degrees when I had time to work on them and being frozen cut easily. I'm in NW Illinois. Glyphosate will kill them but the more I think about it I needed to spot treat the day I cut. Now I will probably just wait till they sprout growth and spray in the spring. I am going to learn how to use dye though for future reference and spot treat to avoid going back later. These two plants have taken over the woodlands. It is almost impossible to walk without being shredded alive.

 

[Russ from MN]

Glyphosate worked very well on everything we have used it on, and it you use it on poplar, it will kill everything in the immediate area, the roots are all connected.

 

[bc]

I mix tordon rtu with any 24d and glyphosate mix i use with heavy brush. Tordon is specific for tree growth and is already blue in color so you don't need a dye.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

Depending on what I'm spraying I use either laundry blue or cochineal. Both water based but strong enough to mark where I've sprayed so that I'm not repeating areas or missing some both things are cheap as well .
'Redeye' is a brand sold here , it's fearsomely expensive and dyes a faint pink , a colour I can't see very well , especially gainst green .
If you can source cheap blue denim dye that is the very best , not too many weeds are blue so it really shows where you've been .

 

[Ellis Kinney]

Toilet bowl cleaner. The blue stuff. Ellis

 

[UncleTom]

I worked for the county conservation for 5 years full time just before i retired. We cut a lot of acres of over grown invasive trees such as honeysuckle and buckthorn. We used Roundup mix with water and blue dye so we could see what was missed. We would use little hand held sprayers and just treat the outside portion or growth ring of the tree. We didnt have to treat Coniferous trees. If you dont treat it it will come back 10 times as bad as we have seen trees that were not treated in years before cutting and yes, there are so many shoots comming from the stump.

 

[urbancase]

they make different color dyes for spray, i have some blue on the shelve , i do not use it much anymore since we are using GPS on the sprayer. it will wash off in a rain.

 

[craigco]

I used clothing dye when I spot sprayed thistle for a farmer when I was in high school.

 

[cjunrau]

Can anyone recommend a reasonable priced dye for Glyphosate, I'm spot treating individual multi Flora Rose shoots and Honeysuckle in the spring and want to know which ones are treated and sprayed. The longer lasting the better, anyone have a color preference? Or an application method that's practical? Some folks use a paint brush. I have read to use a 50 percent solution of product with water, so basically I would empty a half container of 41 percent glyphosate and mix with equal amount of water. This is supposedly a way to keep them from sprouting new
off shoots after cutting. It is recommended to treat as soon as cut but I had to cut them all in January and it's too cold to apply, will it still work or do I need to fresh cut them in spring and apply topically?

not sure what type of brush /tree you are trying to kill. we used 24d on brush and spray a couple times a year with 2 cups diesel with 2-3 gallons of mix. if tree, drill hole in stump and fill with used oil.