The Glove of Death, part 2

As you'll no doubt remember from "The Glove of Death, part 1", that we used a glove soaked in Roundup to try to kill the devil's grass which was embedded in the phlox in one of our front beds.  After the first application, we waited a few days, then reapplied. Mom got impatient, wanting to pull that grass immediately because it was so unsightly.  However, we encouraged her to wait (and to not work in the poisoned grass) until the poison had a chance to work its evil magic.

Finally, after eons of waiting (I don't know, maybe 6 or 7 days?) it was time!  The devil's grass flew yellow above the phlox and it looked dead to us.  So yesterday we approached the devil and forced him out of our phlox!  Do I hear Hallelujah? Sorry, I got a little excited there.

We worked for about an hour, pulling the grass.  Turns out it was only mostly dead (like Wesley in The Princess Bride).  Although the tops were dead, the lower leaves were still a happy green and the roots held tight.  I'm not even sure how to keep score on this one.  One - Love, perhaps? We know the poison was working up top, but the devil held tight down below. Hang on, I feel a sermon coming on... ok, it passed. Whew.

So, we're going to wait and see. We're pretty sure the grass will grow again and when it does, we'll have the Glove of Death ready to go. It may take a few rounds, but I'm pretty sure we can send that devil's grass back to hell, where it came from.

Note: I checked the date of the first Glove of Death blog and found out that 12 days passed from the first application to the pulling of the grass. Perhaps next time we wait 20 days?