Lovely @itsuey - just ignore those rude comments by that poster. Always tricky when there isn't much separating them from your plot. Can you send me some of your blue sky too please?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Glyphosate or a weed burner. I have a similar issue so asked the farmers advice, he said crack on and spray it around, i'm not bothered. So I did and wiped out his whole herd everything is fine.
Seriously? 😮 We kept our animals off the grass for 2 weeks, as per instructions! It's OK for animals to walk on once dried, but not to eat!
Glyphosate or a weed burner. I have a similar issue so asked the farmers advice, he said crack on and spray it around, i'm not bothered. So I did and wiped out his whole herd everything is fine.
Seriously? 😮 We kept our animals off the grass for 2 weeks, as per instructions! It's OK for animals to walk on once dried, but not to eat!
Yes, it isn't as toxic as people think. Once it's dried on the leaf (which is less than a minute in sun or breeze) it's safe for animals. Farmers use it to kill crops off so they can be harvested and eaten. Product detail and safety sheet here makes no mention of it once it's been sprayed: https://www.green-care.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Clinic-Up-Label.pdf
My point is (to the OP) ask the farmer, they're his animals.
Everything we had stated to keep grazing animals off for 2 weeks. There are laws about slaughtered animals and toxins too - not all farmers are scrupulous either.
Glyphosate may well become inactive once it hits soil and be safe to walk on when dry but I wouldn't want to eat it, or even get it on my bare skin when spraying. It's nasty stuff and is present in waterways where it has run off land and crops. It kills shoreline and emergent plants. The surfactants used to make glyphosate stick to the target weed foliage are actually more harmful to animals and water dwellers than the glyphosate.
As for what it can do to humans and animals, have a read of this - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://content.sierraclub.org/grassrootsnetwork/sites/content.sierraclub.org.activistnetwork/files/teams/documents/The_Unintended_Consequences_of_Using_Glyphosate_Jan-2016.pdf
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The other thing is, animals don't eat weeds, that's why in my case the weeds are still there. They certainly won't be tucking into them because they've got weedkiller on them so will be quite safe.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Always tricky when there isn't much separating them from your plot. Can you send me some of your blue sky too please?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We kept our animals off the grass for 2 weeks, as per instructions!
It's OK for animals to walk on once dried, but not to eat!
Farmers use it to kill crops off so they can be harvested and eaten.
Product detail and safety sheet here makes no mention of it once it's been sprayed:
https://www.green-care.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Clinic-Up-Label.pdf
My point is (to the OP) ask the farmer, they're his animals.
Glyphosate may well become inactive once it hits soil and be safe to walk on when dry but I wouldn't want to eat it, or even get it on my bare skin when spraying. It's nasty stuff and is present in waterways where it has run off land and crops. It kills shoreline and emergent plants. The surfactants used to make glyphosate stick to the target weed foliage are actually more harmful to animals and water dwellers than the glyphosate.
As for what it can do to humans and animals, have a read of this -
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://content.sierraclub.org/grassrootsnetwork/sites/content.sierraclub.org.activistnetwork/files/teams/documents/The_Unintended_Consequences_of_Using_Glyphosate_Jan-2016.pdf