My understanding of it is ,that the EU committee recommended banning it, but it was up to each individual country if they wanted to do so or not !
It is not being banned for commercial or farm use at the minute!
The commercial stuff is about 4 times stronger than the coloured water we have to pay a fortune for!
Knowing our lot they will ban it and rigorously enforce the ban with a lot of jobsworths, while our continental cousins will also ban it but never get around to removing it, as it will be on sale openly!
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My understanding of it is ,that the EU committee recommended banning it, but it was up to each individual country if they wanted to do so or not !
It is not being banned for commercial or farm use at the minute!
The commercial stuff is about 4 times stronger than the coloured water we have to pay a fortune for!
Knowing our lot they will ban it and rigorously enforce the ban with a lot of jobsworths, while our continental cousins will also ban it but never get around to removing it, as it will be on sale openly!
OK, I think, used sparingly and judiciously, but not for sloshing around like water. This from last year....
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/glyphosate---possible-problems/370174.html
From the information I have, I don't object to glyphosate being used in a targeted way on pernicious weeds.
What I'm really concerned about is it being sprayed directly onto whole fields of wheat prior to harvest, in order to speed up the ripening process.
I'm not sure I know anyone who'd like glyphosate in their daily bread
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I didn't know they did that! Which particular 'they' are we talking about anyway?
Used in a targeted fashion, it's fine. If you're treating the odd weed on a path, use the gel sticks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Soil_biota
Heavier spray doses may run off into waterways. To be honest though, unless you're dealing with a nightmare, you can just hoe the little swines out.