On Feb 7, 11:55*am, "Larry L" wrote:
Believe it or not, I'm two weeks behind in the annual battle with unwanted
plants ( I'm too PC to call 'em weeds :-) here on my place

We have a new one, commonly referred to as 'goat heads' that is a truly
major pain *and I've spent the last couple years dousing the isolated areas
it inhabits with Roundup and then taking a propane torch to what remains
.... still got some :-(

Anyone have any experience with 'Preen' and it's effectiveness in preventing
these ... damnit, WEEDS .... from sprouting ?

Ah! the plant that created the demand for Never Leak. It made going
bare-foot in California so much fun. The state is controlling them
with bugs the stem boring weevil, Microlarinus lareynii and the fruit
boring weevil Microlarinus lypriformis.
Here's the web site.
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/wee...terrestris.htm

I went back to one of my child hood haunts a couple of years ago. I
could have walked around bare-footed. Thirty years ago it would have
ment a long session with needles and tweezers