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Banned Herbicides & Pesticides
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... Gardeners should realise that they frequently get their knickers in a twist It seems that you're the one with twisted knickers. We all know what's meant without being pedantic. Actually, you don't. Please, without looking at what I recently said about lime, tell me whether it is organic or inorganic. I have just rechecked the definition of the term "organic" in the Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry. ".........Organic chemistry is now the study of the compounds of carbon, whether they be isolated from natural sources or synthesised in the laboratory.........." As a one-time organic chemist I know that. You shouldn't make assumptions. I made no assumptions anout your profession. I only commented on the vague usage of the term "organic" in gardening circles. I have gardened for close on seventy years, and I have felt no need to classify anything as "organic" or otherwise in the gardening sense. I use ony the categories "beneficient" and "harmful" in the current context. This avoids me falling into the trap of ever calling copper sulphate and lime "organic" and DDT "not organic". Franz Franz |
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