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Quote from: Foobar on February 05, 2018, 12:25:24 pmThere are plenty of reasons not to use glyphosate imho .Weed wiping is fine if you can use a weed wiper machine, weed wiping by hand is eye wateringly boring and very time consuming to get a good kill rate.I think you will get more benefit from the cut rushes in the long term, with respect to building up organic matter. They have 70% the NPK value of farmyard manure when rotted down. You gotta feed your soil microbes .Hi again, thanks for not pushing the glysophate agenda. I'm not taking that route. As a horticulture based small holding and without livestock as yet, we are looking at use of grass/rush for fertility. How do you feed your soil the microbes if not from farmyard manure?
There are plenty of reasons not to use glyphosate imho .Weed wiping is fine if you can use a weed wiper machine, weed wiping by hand is eye wateringly boring and very time consuming to get a good kill rate.I think you will get more benefit from the cut rushes in the long term, with respect to building up organic matter. They have 70% the NPK value of farmyard manure when rotted down. You gotta feed your soil microbes .
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