Kitchen Garden Forum

I have a pretty serious problem with bogwort in my garden. I run a pretty strictly organic garden but it's growing through rocks surrounding a large pond and under pathways so attempting to dig it out isn't possible. I've read that glyphosate/glyphosphate weedkillers are approved by European organic standards but not by British and that they can cause severe human reactions through skin contact and ingestion so I don't want to have them anywhere near my strawberries and sweetcorn, but it's such a highly aggresive weed I HAVE to get rid of it. Anyone point me in the right direction?

I remember Allan bringing up a thread about Glyphosate and he put us on to a good website, On reading it, it seems you can bath in it and drink it with no side effects, Maybe that's why the rest of the world uses it and we think, man made must be bad.

When using any chemical spray you are advised to protect yourself. Arthur say that it Roundup is quite safe and I have read the report that he refers to but it must be understood that different substances affect some people differently so try to avoid any skin contact with any sprays however inocuous they may have been described and certainly do not inhale any fumes. Always read the instructions before use. Do not rely on your memory as it will let you down.

I'm sure I read somewhere recently that new research had suggested glyphosate may be an endocrine disrupter (not sure what that is but it don't sound like you should bathe in it!).

What is bog wort anyway?

You are right Fen
check this out before you use roundup.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/ ... 50/printer
Pete

Alright so that rules out anything glyphosate based for sure but I'm not any closer to getting rid of that damn bogwort. What can people suggest?

I understand that there are weedkillers allowed under organic rules by the Soil Association as they can be classed as "biodiverse", having very short half lifes and breaking down into supposedly harmless chemicals. I'd be happy enough using one of these, if it's good enough for them then it'll do for me, but I haven't been able to find out what they are. Anyone know?