Are glyphosate-treated plant roots reliably dead?

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  1. Mickle muckle

    Mickle muckle Apprentice Gardener

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    My new place has a teeny tiny town garden entirely occupied by vigorous green alkanet. I've had this before it was a recurring nightmare, so I sprayed it with glyphosate a month ago and it has completely died back.

    I'm now making a 6ft x 3ft raised bed for veggies, but I can't get hold of compost/topsoil in the coronavirus lockdown without a car. So I was wondering if it would be safe to use some of my garden soil. It looks like good stuff, but I really don't want to bring in living fragments of alkanet root in case they take over the bed.

    Does anyone know if roots can survive glyphosate treatment?

    Of course, I could (and may) plant direct to the soil, but there's a steep slope and I am hoping to landscape later this year.
     
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    I believe its works roots die first which cause the top to wilt and die. Some troublesome plants do need a second treatment or if its knot weed a one to 3 year treatment if not more. I don't come across Alkanet so couldn't say if it need another treatment.
     
  3. Mickle muckle

    Mickle muckle Apprentice Gardener

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    Thank-you! Alkanet is related to borage and comfrey, with little blue flowers.
     
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