Round up overspray

[Mrsmorningwood]

I have personally switched gears from tree doctoring to people nursing and haven't been on the buzz in near forever, but I have a situation that requires the kind of expertise only found here on this forum!
I live across the street from a small commercial soy/corn/cotton field in north Alabama. As with ~99% of these crops in my state, these are gmo, and round up is sprayed liberally about twice a growing season. The overspray drifts onto our property, across a volunteer hedgerow and is heavy hitting several large pin oaks.
Any idea of species I can plant along prop line that will shield our trees? How about clandestine sabotage plans of spray planes?

 

[MickCPitlick]

The courts, send a legal demand letter.

 

[NickfromWI]

Yeah- you have to sue them. The whole point of roundup is that it kills everything except the genetic freaky stuff they don't want it to kill.

Talk to a consulting arborist, get a report, get a lawyer. They are damaging your property. If someone was pulling the siding of your house day by day, you wouldn't just let them, would you?

 

[cerviarborist]

Spray drift is addressed in the label for applying roundup. If the product is drifting to your property, they're not following label instructions. You ought to have no problem finding an attorney who makes a specialty of chemical-trespass suits. They'll know where to find a PCO and a consulting arborist to use for forensics and as expert witnesses.

 

[mdvaden]

It is not supposed to be drifting.

Either the pressure needs reducing, the droplet size increased somehow, or they need to wait for still air.

But the drifting is not an option they should be taking. They need to make the changes, not you.

 

[GoodYautja]

I heard Monsanto just came out with some GM pin oaks resistant to round-up, they call them Win Oaks (trademark), with a name like that, they must be a good thing!