Or if you get something nasty way down the line ... I really hope you don’t ... but I wouldn’t risk it ... and I’m someone who grew up on a farm when weed killers and pesticides were being applied with carefree abandon ...
But of course it’s up to you ... but what about anyone else who may eat your tomatoes ... will you be telling them so they can make an informed choice?
Not being difficult but I wouldn’t be happy if you fed me a cheese and tomato sarnie and then I found out later that the tomatoes could be contaminated.
Just saying ... not wanting to cause offence ...
It would have been such a small amount of spray that would have landed on them and I can't believe if it was really that toxic it would be allowed to be used in the garden, but yes, I will let people know and let them make an informed decision. No offence taken!
There are some illogical replies here. I hope none of you ever buy and eat anything from supermarkets or other large farm-produced food. Glyphosate is used a LOT as a broadcast spray, with crops designed to resist it but the weeds die off. So a lot of what you buy to eat has already been sprayed with it.
Which is not to say this is a good thing - because it’s absolutely not - but I would judge that in a week or so the risk in these tomatoes will be less than a bowl of american commercial cereal.
It is often more expensive to grow your own than to buy vegetables in discount supermarkets so i assume that many people grow their own to avoid pesticides and other chemicals. I eat supermarket veg and hope for the best but I would have thought that if the fruit was distorted, the plant had been exposed to inappropriate amount of weedkkiller.
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I hope none of you ever buy and eat anything from supermarkets or other large farm-produced food. Glyphosate is used a LOT as a broadcast spray, with crops designed to resist it but the weeds die off. So a lot of what you buy to eat has already been sprayed with it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/dining/ben-and-jerrys-ice-cream-herbicide-glyphosate.html?mcubz=2
Which is not to say this is a good thing - because it’s absolutely not - but I would judge that in a week or so the risk in these tomatoes will be less than a bowl of american commercial cereal.
But maybe stop using glyphosate?
I eat supermarket veg and hope for the best but I would have thought that if the fruit was distorted, the plant had been exposed to inappropriate amount of weedkkiller.