Comments on: When good people use Roundup

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:45:37 +0000

Betty:

I would not hesitate to plant vegetables in a plot that had roundup applied to it 3 weeks ago. I would eat those vegetables and wouldn’t have a problem giving them to my kids. The Roundup (glyphosate) should have bound to the clay in the soil and won’t be taken up by the plants that you’re seeding.

But I don’t think “organic” is as big an endorsement of things as some people. I mean tobacco is organic, but I’m not going to let my kids have a cigarette or chewing tobacco.

By: Susan Harris

Susan Harris — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:48:02 +0000

Betty, that’s an important question and I don’t know the answer. Keep Googling, though, and I recommend government websites for this purpose. USDA, EPA?

By: Betty

Betty — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:09:06 +0000

I need advice:
I wanted to have an organic vegetable garden, so I asked my gardener to dig up a small patch of lawn for me. 3 weeks ago he sprayed Roundup on the that area then 2 weeks ago he tilled the soil. My question is: How long should I wait before planting any vegetables in that space? Or should I even bother to plant? My grandchildren will eat the produce and I want it to be safe. Thanks.

By: richard

richard — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:58:21 +0000

Help!
Our town citizen’s group maintains a nice preserve. One of the active members offered to apply Roundup to Poison Ivy. I opposed, saying that, although trouble to some, Poison Ivy is a native plant which has beneficial attributes for birds and wildlife.
I am opposed to using a herbicide that may also affect other plants and amphibians.
Could someone offer any strong arguments I can bring to our board should I find that they would accept the offer of herbicide treatment?

I offered to go in and prune egregious growths near paths if that would do the trick. (Now if they take me up on it,I’ll have to find the time to do this)

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:54:24 +0000

Great website. I am a avid gardener in the Atlanta area. I’ve found Roundup to be a very useful herbicide for specific purposes i.e. spot weed control on driveways,along edges and controlling poison ivy, etc.
None is ever applied to my vegetable garden as I try to be a organic as possible.

By: Susan Harris

Susan Harris — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:36:05 +0000

I just found this in a pamphlet about “Garden Maintenance for the Eco-Friendly Gardener” published by Green Springs Garden in VA, which does the best and most eco-gardening public education in the DC region. It calls Glyphosate “a relatively safe herbicide with minimal impact on the environment due to rapid breakdown and few effects on non-target species.” Around water they say to use a formulation without surfactant, like AquaMaster or Rodeo. Glyphosate is “commonly used to control perennial weeds and exotic invasive plants. Some perennials are very difficult to remove without herbicides.”