OT: Weed killer

Apr 06, 2006 63 Replies

I understand the mechanism of selection, but had never before heard of it re herbicides. After some digging I did indeed find a few references to studies of glyphosate tolerance.

A few things occur to me. I'd expect the process to take a relatively long time, compared to antibiotic resistance, due to the fact that in the time one generation of weeds develops perhaps hundreds or thousands of generations of bacteria will have passed. Second, although certain practices may exacerbate the problem, the process seems inevitable; anytime herbicides are applied there'll be some area at the fringes of the application where the dose is sub-optimal.

Ned Simmons

You can also get good usable water from the air conditioner condensate ;)

Or hard water with lots of bicarbinates. There's a retired chemist in this area that adds vinegar to his well feed water for glyphosate, claimes that adjusts the ph and makes it equal to distilled water. Lots of guys build a flat plate solar still for their feed water and claim it's worth the trouble/expense.

ED

Myth.

A/C condensate is *FILTHY*. Dehumidifier condensate/ice-melt is even worse. Both are absolutely loaded with anything from people or animal hair to dust, microscopic particles including mold spores, bacteria, soot, cig smoke (if there's a smoker in the house) cooking grease... You name it - If it's in the air, it's all but guaranteed to be in the A/C or dehumidifier condensate.

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