Darwinism???

[Bob38S]

Pulled up at a traffic light, looked into the yard of a set of units while waiting.

Temperature was 34C, time was around 11am, sunny, little cloud, slight breeze, (enough to flutter the washing), bloke dressed in thongs, shorts, short sleeved shirt, unbuttoned, he was wearing a cap not a brimmed hat.

What was he doing, using a pressure sprayer and spraying a “garden” which was full of tallish weeds. I made an assumption, he was not spraying fertiliser.

Just last week I was reading an article about weed killers which claimed that glyphosate was a cancer causing agent but was by far the most common weed killer used. I don’t know whether it is or isn’t but I was always of the opinion that when using any chemicals you should always prevent any unnecessary exposure.

The light went green and I drove on shaking my head........

[Tonyz]

so was he,,,,,,with his left hand

[woodPixel]

Tell you what, if you want to absolutely destroy an enemies garden, a pressure sprayer and weedkiller would do it nice and fast.


I used to use mine with fertiliser. Sprayed a NPK 50/25/20 solution right up into all the trees, on their leaves, plus over the whole garden. Did it every weekend for months last year and the garden went absolutely ballistic.

The cloud of mist was impressive! Used a Gerni 130.

[AlexS]

The scientific evidence seems to be that glyphosate is not carcinogenic when used in accordance with the directions. These include wearing suitable clothing etc. Don't think they cover using a pressure sprayer! As always, the evidence & conclusions can and are being constantly challenged - that's the way science works.

Reminds me of my stepfather, who always reckoned the safety directions were there to be ignored. "I've sprayed DDT with it dripping all over me, never did me any harm..." as his hands trembled from some Parkinsons-like affliction.