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Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! Alan |
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On 18 Oct, 22:06, "alan.holmes" wrote:
Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! Alan Yes. It comes in 5litre cans at farm suppliers. It's a viscous liquid that has to be diluted according to whatever you're trying to kill. There are other deadly weedkillers there too.............. |
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On 19/10/2010 09:43, harry wrote:
On 18 Oct, 22:06, wrote: Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! Alan Yes. It comes in 5litre cans at farm suppliers. It's a viscous liquid that has to be diluted according to whatever you're trying to kill. There are other deadly weedkillers there too.............. Glyphosate is superficially expensive when bought as a generic but it goes a very very long way due to it being so concentrated. If you only have a small / medium sized garden a 5 litre tub of concentrate will last you for several years. Just don't buy Roundup or pre-diluted "read to use" glyphosate as you will be paying something like ten times the price (per unit) as the generic concentrate. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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On 18/10/2010 22:06, alan.holmes wrote:
Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? Why buy it now? The weather is already too cold for it to have a full effect - applied at this time of year is a waste. Break the seal and oxidation of the contents will make it less effective next year. I also think you mean that you want a useable liquid formulation containing glyphosate as the active ingredient rather than the reagent grade raw material in solid form which is what you asked for. The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! How many acres are you planning to defoliate? A small bottle of the concentrate (~500ml) lasts me a couple of years. The concentrate is available from agricultural wholesalers if you have the licence to use it. I doubt they will sell bulk agrochemicals to random members of the public without a business account. Regards, Martin Brown |
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"David in Normandy" wrote in message r... Glyphosate is superficially expensive when bought as a generic but it goes a very very long way due to it being so concentrated. If you only have a small / medium sized garden a 5 litre tub of concentrate will last you for several years. Just don't buy Roundup or pre-diluted "read to use" glyphosate as you will be paying something like ten times the price (per unit) as the generic concentrate. 5L Roundup or sim £20 5L Glyfos or sim £40 I pt to about 4/5 gals in the knapsack sprayer- getting on for around 20 x cheaper ! Only snag is that for those with smaller places - several years could turn out to be several decades. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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"Pete" wrote in message ... "David in Normandy" wrote in message r... Glyphosate is superficially expensive when bought as a generic but it goes a very very long way due to it being so concentrated. If you only have a small / medium sized garden a 5 litre tub of concentrate will last you for several years. Just don't buy Roundup or pre-diluted "read to use" glyphosate as you will be paying something like ten times the price (per unit) as the generic concentrate. 5L Roundup or sim £20 5L Glyfos or sim £40 I pt to about 4/5 gals in the knapsack sprayer- getting on for around 20 x cheaper ! Only snag is that for those with smaller places - several years could turn out to be several decades. 5L of Roundup for £20?...I don't think so unless it is about 8gm/litre. mark |
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"Martin Brown" wrote in message ... On 18/10/2010 22:06, alan.holmes wrote: Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? Why buy it now? The weather is already too cold for it to have a full effect - applied at this time of year is a waste. Break the seal and oxidation of the contents will make it less effective next year. I also think you mean that you want a useable liquid formulation containing glyphosate as the active ingredient rather than the reagent grade raw material in solid form which is what you asked for. The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! How many acres are you planning to defoliate? A small bottle of the concentrate (~500ml) lasts me a couple of years. The concentrate is available from agricultural wholesalers if you have the licence to use it. I doubt they will sell bulk agrochemicals to random members of the public without a business account. Regards, Martin Brown I've recently bought 1 litre of Glycosphate 360gm/litre off of ebay for about £20. £15 for the bottle and £5 postage. mark |
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David in Normandy wrote:
Just don't buy Roundup or pre-diluted "read to use" glyphosate as you will be paying something like ten times the price (per unit) as the generic concentrate. Where do you get the generic concentrate? I haven't seen it on sale in any garden centre. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland |
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:06:44 +0100, "alan.holmes"
wrote: Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! Best to get the name and spelling right so you are sure of what you are asking for. It's glyphosate. You are not the only one to get it wrong. Please tell us why you want so much. Pam in Bristol |
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alan.holmes wrote:
Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! Oh, I forgot to post a couple of weeks ago, Wilkinsons was selling cheap (or at least, ours was). May still be worth an investigation if you have one local. (I don't know what 'cheap' is in context, but it seemed like a good reduction compared to the RRP) |
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On 19 Oct, 10:48, Martin Brown
wrote: On 18/10/2010 22:06, alan.holmes wrote: Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price? Why buy it now? The weather is already too cold for it to have a full effect - applied at this time of year is a waste. Break the seal and oxidation of the contents will make it less effective next year. I also think you mean that you want a useable liquid formulation containing glyphosate as the active ingredient rather than the reagent grade raw material in solid form which is what you asked for. The stuff in garden centres is exoensive! How many acres are you planning to defoliate? A small bottle of the concentrate (~500ml) lasts me a couple of years. The concentrate is available from agricultural wholesalers if you have the licence to use it. I doubt they will sell bulk agrochemicals to random members of the public without a business account. Regards, Martin Brown Yes they do. |
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On 19 Oct, 11:39, "mark" wrote:
"Pete" wrote in message ... "David in Normandy" wrote in message . fr... Glyphosate is superficially expensive when bought as a generic but it goes a very very long way due to it being so concentrated. If you only have a small / medium sized garden a 5 litre tub of concentrate will last you for several years. Just don't buy Roundup or pre-diluted "read to use" glyphosate as you will be paying something like ten times the price (per unit) as the generic concentrate. 5L Roundup or sim £20 5L Glyfos or sim * * £40 I pt to about 4/5 gals in the knapsack sprayer- getting on for around *20 x cheaper ! Only snag is that for those with smaller places - several years could turn out to be several decades. 5L of Roundup for £20?...I don't think so unless it is about 8gm/litre. mark- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - There are now generics, which has brought the prices down dramatically from when only Monsanto was selling it. |
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Timothy Murphy wrote:
David in Normandy wrote: Just don't buy Roundup or pre-diluted "read to use" glyphosate as you will be paying something like ten times the price (per unit) as the generic concentrate. Where do you get the generic concentrate? I haven't seen it on sale in any garden centre. Agricultural suppliers. -- Rusty |
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"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message ... Where do you get the generic concentrate? I haven't seen it on sale in any garden centre. Agricultural suppliers. And you probably will not see it there either. Ours keep it locked away in secure storage. No licence is required to purchase it. (somebody suggested to the contrary earlier) There are probably rules of sale (minors) etc. applicable though. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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