Timeline for What is this weed and how can I eliminate it?
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| May 16, 2016 at 11:11 | comment | added | Bamboo | @J.Chomel - found the question you posted, and although an answer has been accepted, I've posted under it anyway. A bit of common sense appears to be called for, not to mention knowledge from someone living in the EU already... | |
| May 15, 2016 at 19:06 | comment | added | J. Chomel | @Bamboo, thank you for this explanation. I tried to formulate my comment into a question, even though it doesn't leave much space to pro-agro-chemicals - I don't know if one way question are acceptable, feel free to disable it ^^. | |
| May 14, 2016 at 16:25 | comment | added | Bamboo | Monsanto must be absolutely terrified about the possibility of their own product being banned, and will argue that their GM crops have been created specifically with the regular use of Round up in mind. | |
| May 14, 2016 at 16:13 | comment | added | Bamboo | @J.Chomel. I never, ever use Roundup, haven't done for the last 8 years, but I occasionally resort to glyphosate concentrate, maybe once a year, if that. That kind of use is just about acceptable - what isn't acceptable is knowing your GM food crops have been saturated with the stuff whilst growing, which is, as yet, not a problem we have in the UK, GM being strictly controlled. However, it's now impossible to find soya that isn't GM anywhere in the world... the EU TTIP agreement with USA may change that though, but not if I and half of Europe have anything to do with it | |
| May 14, 2016 at 16:11 | comment | added | Bamboo | @J.Chomel. Glyphosate has not been banned in the EU, nor is it about to be theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/08/…. It is also not possible to 'get rid of' this particular weed with mulch, that's 100% for sure. More research is needed - we all know there's a massive problem with Roundup because of other surfactants it contains making the combination with glyphosate much more lethal. Biggest use of Roundup is in agriculture - all those GM crops created to be glyphosate resistant making it a useful weedkiller. | |
| May 14, 2016 at 15:33 | comment | added | J. Chomel | @Bamboo, should we really advise gardeners to use these chemicals on their garden? Did you know EU baned glyphosate? This is probably for good reason. I believe it is possible to get rid of most of these by covering with mulch or wood chunks. | |
| Jun 21, 2014 at 9:40 | comment | added | Bamboo | @jmusser - I found it was the only thing that really worked, this method. Managed to eradicate the stuff in two adjacent gardens (I was doing both), even under the fencing, this way. | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 20:30 | comment | added | J. Musser | I like effective spray/dig idea. In my answer, I tried to use only no-dig methods, for the OP seemed to have been down with an operation. | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 9:53 | history | answered | Bamboo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |