Re: OT: For those of you who garden

On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:28:35 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:24:21 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:08:50 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:
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This is a great price because you get free shipping.
https://www.sancoind.com/en/245-glufosinate?gQT=1
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If you don't know what glufosinate is, it is an herbicide that has no
residual effect in soil.  That's huge.  I only recently learned about
it.  It's going to be especially useful to me in my blackberry patch.
Imagine being able to spray an area, remove the dead weeds, and then
immediately be able to transplant tomato seedlings there.  Don't
discount this info because of the source.

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These herbicides work by interfering with a green leafy plant's ability
to convert sunlight to sugar, thus starving the weed or any plant that
relies on photosynthesis to thrive. It rapidly decomposes when it
touches the soil. It's generally seen as being harmless to humans
because we don't rely on photosynthesis for our food - although, I'm not
so sure about Bruce.

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Thanks for caring.
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The herbicide sounds like it works in a similar manner to Roundup. The
main advantage is that it doesn't have thousands of lawsuits attached to
it.

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Complete breakdown of Roundup: Often takes 1–3 months in most soils,
but under certain conditions, it can persist longer.

Glyphosate is harmless to plants unless it's sprayed on the leaves of
plants and allowed to dry for about 20 minutes. Once it's in the soil,
it's safe to plant. If it rains too soon after it's applied, you might
have to reapply.
Glyphosate and other similar products are pretty much perfect
herbicides. You might want to use some other weed killer but why the
heck would you want to do something like that?