Posted on 06/24/2017 6:13:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
I want to mourn the loss... of all the old growth... trees I’ve seen.....
“the EPA released a report that also said glyphosate was unlikely to cause cancer.” Well probably except calibfornia where apparently ANYTHING will be “KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER”. Including drinking out of your garden hose. I currently have on hand 2 and a half gallon jug of glyphosate concentrate to be mixed. Works pretty good. Takes a little longer than I would like on sage brush, like two weeks. We’ve also started trying the 1 gal vinegar/1 cup salt/1 tsp dishwashing soap. Still looking for results after a week but have noticed some of the weeds starting to brown up. As difi would say “Spray and prey.”
Running a weed-eater is going to be a hate crime soon.
The real problem is that glyphosate is losing effectiveness due to natural selection in weeds. This has happened a lot with pesticides and other means of control.
Resistance and immunity happens in all lifeforms, from viruses on up.
And as of yet, there really isn’t a good replacement for glyphosate, without which the world would lose so much food because of weeds that it would likely cause some degree of starvation in places.
Not as bad as if a major pesticide failed, which could wipe out entire crops, but still something to be avoided if possible.
Try Crossbow
We use it, as do many framers and ranchers around here, to kill invasive weeds in our hay fields and pastures. The weeds can take over a pasture and kill the grass essential for our winter hay and the fresh grass for the cattle to eat the rest of the year.
Screw these outsider "environmentalist" wackos, as Rush calls them, who think of nothing else but sticking their noses into other people's business. Liberals seem to be forever looking for non-existent problems to "fix" so as to meet their political agendas but have little to do with the reality of how the rest of the world operates.
I’ve used RoundUp several times over the years, but I think I like 20% vinegar better. It’s not selective and will kill anything it lands on. Sometimes it takes a second application to kill the roots for sure. You can get it online.
Monsanto also gave us “Agent Orange” which had Dioxin in it.
I used straight vinegar on a seam in our driveway...worked great.
One word...Zoysia.
If you can handle the brown in winter, you will have a Mar-a- Lago putting green yard in the summer. And, it will overrun any weed in your yard. I’ve seen it swallow slow kids.
Heck, if global warming continues, you might even have green grass all year long.
Thx ...
Obama’s EPA took off market a chemical that kills chipmunks 3 or 4 years ago. I hated using it, but it was one produce that worked...
Now I am overrun with them—they are ruining my sidewalk! Clearly, they are not only winning the battle, but they are winning the war.
Anybody have suggestions, I would appreciate it!
One weed that it won’t kill is Dallas grass.
Only thing that works on that stuff is digging it out.
Will 1 gal vinegar/1 cup salt/1 tsp dishwashing soap do it?
Here is an easy, homemade recipe for weed killer: 1 gallon of white vinegar, 1 cup of table salt, and 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap. Pour it into a spray bottle and you will have a formidable weed killer. Just be careful to not spray it near any grass or plants that you want to keep because it can be harmful.
My dad farms 400 acres for 50 years, always used Round Up
Spilled it on his hands and next to the well.He is 82, mom 80
NO CANCER EVER.............Complete BS
AND BY THE WAY, NOT ONE TREE ON HIS FARM HAS DIED FROM ROUND UP......................
I too use Roundup, but Roundup works on everything -but- Dallas grass.
What -does- work on Dallas grass?
“In the US, the EPA released a report that also said glyphosate was unlikely to cause cancer.”
A study from the same people who call the furrows in a farmers field “wetlands”, the same people who see ‘man made climate change’ as the greatest threat to the earth and humanity, who all work in a government agency most here would like to see disbanded.
Personally, I don’t trust anything the EPA says.
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