Is it possible to get about 4 or 5kg at a reasonable price?

The stuff in garden centres is exoensive!

Alan

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..............

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.

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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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"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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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

On 19 Oct, 11:39, "mark" wrote:
"Pete" wrote in message

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"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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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.

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There are now generics, which has brought the prices down dramatically
from when only Monsanto was selling it.

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

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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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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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.

In supermarkets in (at least rural areas) sunny .fr

The active principle is formulated with excipients to aid wetting and to
open the stomata so the product is properly absorbed.

For deep-rooted plants it's best to use a high dilution, so the stuff has
time to get to the roots before the top growth is killed off. It may take
two goes.



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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

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

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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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


I've recently bought 1 litre of Glycosphate 360gm/litre off of ebay for
about £20. £15 for the bottle and £5 postage.

mark

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.

In article , Martin Brown
writes
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


Many of the more stubborn weeds inc. Japanese Knotweed are considered to
be more likely to be affected by poison if sprayed as they are winding
down for the year as they take the stuff into the roots.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:15:45 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Martin Brown
writes
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


Many of the more stubborn weeds inc. Japanese Knotweed are considered to
be more likely to be affected by poison if sprayed as they are winding
down for the year as they take the stuff into the roots.

But in September, not now. Now is surely too late.

Pam in Bristol