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Old March 19, 2012   #13
RayR
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Originally Posted by fortyonenorth View Post
I agree. One of the takeaways for me was that the residual effects may not be catastrophic (e.g. plant death), but insidious by way of dramatically reduced nutrient uptake. So, your crop doesn't die, it just ends up with the nutritional value of a Twinkie.
One of the things about Glysophate that raised the alarm for me was the claims about it being "immobilized in the soil" or "tightly bound" in the soil". This occurs in high CEC soils, particularly in clay soils just like nutrient cations are bound to soil particles. Interpreting that means that it actually persists in the soil, which in some cases can be years until it is unbound and can be degraded by microorganisms or will be taken up by plant roots. Another thing is its known toxicity to some beneficial microorganisms.
Like any other chemical, there are known beneficial consequences to using it, but the unintended bad consequences discovered over time is something that shouldn't be ignored.
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