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Alan Gould wrote:
In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
While gyphosate is not
'organic', it will not leave a residue used in that way.

It will not leave a residue in soil, but it will leave it in the plant.
Thus herbicides will be present in the parts of the plant to be eaten
and will enter the food chain.

I was never suggesting that he should spray the couch grass with
glyphosate, dig up its roots, and boil them for supper. Thank you
for enlarging my perspectives on the diet of organic gardeners!

A one-off use of glyphosate to get rid of couch grass is pretty
close to residue-free. No, I am NOT suggesting planting Monsanto's
damn varieties and spraying the hell out of growing food crops.
In that case, you and I are in close agreement.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.