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Post by Sleepy on Feb 26, 2008 15:09:52 GMT 1
Have heard from a friend that glyphosate based weedkillers (systemic, like Roundup and Tumbleweed) may be banned due to a build up of residual chemicals in the groundwater. I don't know if this would be a ban for just commercial use or for domestic use too.
So much for it being a safe weedkiller, eh?
I have no idea how accurate this info is, or if it is accurate what the timescales would be.
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 26, 2008 20:41:03 GMT 1
It doesn't surprise me at all..there is no such thing as a safe weedkiller. Only ones we are told are safe...which is why I thought long and hard about using the stuff this year...after being organic all my life. I shall apply it on the truly horrendous mats of perennial nettles and the couch grass just to see if it actually gets rid of them and gives me a breathing space to try and keep them down. I feel guilty though...
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Post by debbiem on Feb 27, 2008 10:21:51 GMT 1
In our campaign to get rid of the same kind of epidemic of nettles we went down the weedkiller route. I don't know what we used but it looked like it worked on the nettles, but back they came, as strong as ever!
But it'll give you a break from them for a while, while they 'regroup' 4P, and you never know, glyphosate might actually do the trick and do them in......
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Post by mummyjanny on Feb 27, 2008 20:58:14 GMT 1
I've just finished a book called We Want Real food. It says in there that glyphosate has been found in wheat & other crops & is also responsible for a lot of ill health in agricultural workers using it.
I know we are only small time users but it makes you think!
Janet.
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 27, 2008 21:45:16 GMT 1
It does me! I just sprayed the horrendously nettle and couch grass ridden bit where I want to grow potatoes this summer.....I wish I hadn't now  |
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Post by madonplants on Mar 24, 2008 0:48:54 GMT 1
When I was trawling sone sites the other day, I found one, wish I saved it now, that said other countries in Europe treat Glyphosate as organic. What??? It said that due to how it works, it would be OK for people who want to be organic.
Keith
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Post by mummyjanny on Mar 24, 2008 19:18:13 GMT 1
Isn't that what AT used to advocate?
Janet.
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Post by madonplants on Mar 24, 2008 19:26:55 GMT 1
Isn't that what AT used to advocate? Janet. Yes he did, but not on organic grounds! Keith |
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