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2. Enjoy your kudzu

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Thu Jul 29, 2021, 02:55 PM

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Bayer Confirms End of Sale of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides for US Lawn & Garden Market [View all] womanofthehills Jul 2021 OP

This is worth celebrating! Tadpole Raisin Jul 2021 #1

Enjoy your kudzu Botany Jul 2021 #2

Goats are a great option or Phoenix61 Jul 2021 #9

Non native invasive plants are a billion times worse for the environment and the supportive capacity Botany Jul 2021 #12

Salt will sterilize your soil and is much more dangerous than glyphosate. LeftInTX Jul 2021 #13

Frankly, we should start harvesting invasive species TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #43

Eat your Kudzu! Richard D Jul 2021 #20

Get real. Are you gonna come to the midwest and east the bush honeysuckle too? Botany Jul 2021 #24

I pay serious money to buy ground kudzu, which I use as a thickening agent in place of corn starch wackadoo wabbit Jul 2021 #33

And garlic mustard, buckthorn, wild parsnips, etc NickB79 Jul 2021 #36

I hear it's going places! AwakeAtLast Jul 2021 #42

I remember! intheflow Jul 2021 #44

About damned time. Now, can we ban its use on food crops? lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #3

Beat me to it. old guy Jul 2021 #5

Sure doesn't look like it... LeftInTX Jul 2021 #11

In the first lawsuit, the guy was spraying glyphosate regularly on school grounds womanofthehills Jul 2021 #31

So it's perfectly fine to eat it. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #37

++ appalachiablue Jul 2021 #23

+1000 sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #29

Off to the greatest page malaise Jul 2021 #4

Kick ! Thank you womanofthehills! luckone Jul 2021 #6

They've Been Reformulating... ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #7

Is there a difference between glyphosate and glyphosonate? LeftInTX Jul 2021 #10

Yes ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #16

Thx..nt LeftInTX Jul 2021 #17

I hope the new formulation is effective. Owl Jul 2021 #39

They Wouldn't Switch If It Wasn't ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #45

Glad to hear it wendyb-NC Jul 2021 #8

2023. Igel Jul 2021 #14

LOL - I wonder if the knock-off brands will still be available in stores? LeftInTX Jul 2021 #15

I just finished Carey Gillam's new book "The Monsanto Papers" womanofthehills Jul 2021 #18

I have a bamboo invasion in my yard not native to area. Was just reading that this is only Pepsidog Jul 2021 #19

When I had bamboo in my yard, the roots were only about 4 inches deep womanofthehills Jul 2021 #27

I just had it cut down. Most stalks about 4-5inches round. Guys used chain saw. Haven't removed Pepsidog Jul 2021 #41

Thank heavens. Chemo-GMO corporate rations are Profoundly Ungood Champp Jul 2021 #21

"... gimme spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees!" calimary Jul 2021 #22

AND -Glyphosate in blood of Florida manatees womanofthehills Jul 2021 #28

Smart move by Bayer to direct attention away from Roundup's use in agriculture. Politicub Jul 2021 #25

Also - what is so gross is desiccating crops with glyphosate womanofthehills Jul 2021 #30

Finally! Now... stop selling seed oils! Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #26

FINALLY, it's way passed time! nt Raine Jul 2021 #32

Folks here bitching about invasive weeds in this thread... jcgoldie Jul 2021 #34

What do you use on your farm for weed control? NickB79 Jul 2021 #35

I really am an expert in this stuff and invasive species is a tremendous problem to our environment Botany Jul 2021 #38

Ugh... mixed feelings about this. Generic glyphosate will still be legal in the US though. dsp3000 Jul 2021 #40

The patent expired a long time ago. Every hardware store and garden center here has generic versions progressoid Jul 2021 #46

I guess I need to stock up now! What's the shelf-life of the retail bottles? NurseJackie Jul 2021 #47