tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post2016919797513866839..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: Why banning glyphosate to amateurs would be ill advisedRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-61765676769305855492016-07-17T12:05:43.119+01:002016-07-17T12:05:43.119+01:00tumbleweed is amateur product and is an arm and a ...tumbleweed is amateur product and is an arm and a leg job<br />It is easiest for the amateur to get professional product by just going brazenly on the net - and even then some professional suppliers just divert you to their amateur section<br />Make sure you buy the 360gm per litre product<br />East Riding Horticulture at Newton on Derwent might sell you it but again they might just put up the Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-55587732746161658302016-07-16T12:49:07.356+01:002016-07-16T12:49:07.356+01:00Having very recently taken over a small very overg...Having very recently taken over a small very overgrown East Riding of Yorkshire allotment, and duly laid down all the carpet i can lay my hands to. Where do i purchase glyphosate from would like to try some Hoedown or even tumbleweed but can't find it. Doyou purchase it on-line? i am in Beverley don't mind travelling to find some<br />ronnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-87060799558852046562016-07-12T08:16:51.631+01:002016-07-12T08:16:51.631+01:00Thanks Chris for your heartfelt contribution.
You ...Thanks Chris for your heartfelt contribution.<br />You have not given any evidence that the world is about to fall apart or even that there is any real problem at all with glyphosate<br />As a caveat to that any chemical whatsoever that we meet in our life - including water - has baggage. It would be an amazing surprise that anything used worldwide in vast quantities as is glyphosate had no Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-38943302340825680182016-07-11T16:52:51.398+01:002016-07-11T16:52:51.398+01:00(continued from above)
Just like the person who w...<br />(continued from above)<br /><br />Just like the person who wants to drive at a dangerous speed in a car, if it's only their life put at risk, it is their choice. When they are endangering other lives too – the children in their car, the other drivers, the pedestrians on the street - all in their quest to do what they selfishly desire to do, it is wrong. We live at a time when plastic the irreverent gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432027737709132454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-33229928000988535532016-07-11T16:50:52.722+01:002016-07-11T16:50:52.722+01:00Hi Roger
Shocked and disappointed to see your att...Hi Roger<br /><br />Shocked and disappointed to see your attitude promoting use of Glyphosate. I find your reasoning fallacious, not because use of such a chemical doesn't make certain gardening tasks easier, in a short term view; but because you make no reference to the health consequences which are more and more being recognised and reported. In fact, your comment: “I have used Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-7605853313852392392016-07-06T21:59:40.087+01:002016-07-06T21:59:40.087+01:00Thahks for the support Mark and GazThahks for the support Mark and GazRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-32295760675617338972016-07-04T04:44:20.949+01:002016-07-04T04:44:20.949+01:00Great points Roger! Hope they never ban it, couldn...Great points Roger! Hope they never ban it, couldn't imagine domestic gardening without it (or more like the convenience only it can give).Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-14070623920294148942016-07-03T15:58:09.296+01:002016-07-03T15:58:09.296+01:00I wonder how easy the spraying certificate is to g...I wonder how easy the spraying certificate is to get Alain and whether then you can buy full strength commercial product.<br />Our legislation is so vague it is not really clear that if you have a spraying certificate (as I do) that you can use commercial product in your garden<br /> Amateurs can buy concentrate at garden centres. It is weak enough to make sales highly profitable but is strong Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-59109636995972094622016-07-03T14:04:18.000+01:002016-07-03T14:04:18.000+01:00Here in Canada, if you do not have a spraying lice...Here in Canada, if you do not have a spraying license, you can only buy a diluted version of glyphosate, which is just about useless.Alainhttp://rochefleuriegarden.blogspot.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-87830802023969423892016-07-03T13:32:14.587+01:002016-07-03T13:32:14.587+01:00And an excellent post it is Sue. I have just made ...And an excellent post it is Sue. I have just made a comment - and said nothing about glyphosate.<br />Its about time some folk and legislators stopped obsessing about false fears about glyphosate and looked to where the real problems lieRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-80875958780409527302016-07-03T12:05:59.794+01:002016-07-03T12:05:59.794+01:00I've just published a post on my blogtodayI've just published a post <a href="http://glallotments.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/buyer-beware.html" rel="nofollow">on my blog</a>todaySue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-54856985164390088022016-07-03T08:03:28.225+01:002016-07-03T08:03:28.225+01:00You have hit the nail on the head Jason! It is mor...You have hit the nail on the head Jason! It is more what we do with tools, chemicals and machinery than the materials themselves.<br />Ironically the problem with glyphosate is that it is so good at what it is designed to do - kill weeds. Farmers have to learn how to preserve nature alongside their fieldsRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-77860719459546941612016-07-02T18:05:10.962+01:002016-07-02T18:05:10.962+01:00Interesting and well thought out post. I am unsure...Interesting and well thought out post. I am unsure where I stand, though I have on a few occasions used this herbicide. I think a lot of the hostility to this product comes from its mass application when combined with genetically modified crops like corn. This has been disastrous for our Monarch butterfly migration, which depends on the milkweed that used to be found in and around farm fields of Jasonhttp://gardeninacity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-37720848978699302482016-07-02T09:51:14.257+01:002016-07-02T09:51:14.257+01:00Thanks Rick.Thanks Rick.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-12783583380705117432016-07-02T09:49:12.295+01:002016-07-02T09:49:12.295+01:00Yes those who have doubts about herbicides should ...Yes those who have doubts about herbicides should hold their fire for irresponsible use of these chemicals and selling manure where the herbicide treated grass that has passed through the animal or straw used for bedding ends up killing your tomatoes.<br />I don't really want to encourage today a general debate on chemicals, just specifically Roundup and amateurs, err I mean glyphosate. <br /Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-43037818754245892662016-07-01T23:10:57.139+01:002016-07-01T23:10:57.139+01:00The ones to control are the hormone based weedkill...The ones to control are the hormone based weedkillers like clopyralid which is available to amateur gardeners.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-25158002935182295972016-07-01T21:17:16.028+01:002016-07-01T21:17:16.028+01:00Very well argued Roger, I can only agree.Very well argued Roger, I can only agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com