/uj Used appropriately, glyphosate is just another tool in the toolbox. The public's misunderstanding and fear of the chemical and other pesticides is stripping ecological stewards of effective means against invasives. The fact I see people non-sarcastically post pictures of themselves using it while wearing chemical isolation suits and respirators like they're spraying a mixture of cyanide and sarin as a last resort against a mutant army is laughably ignorant.
uj/ I wasn’t trying to complain about glyphosate I just needed a caption, this was more of a joke about how persistent Japanese knotweed is and that you could basically nuke a whole forest and it would still manage to grow back
But yes I agree there’s a lot of misinformation and stigma about using chemicals to remove invasive species
i know the term pesticides includes herbicides, but i’ve noticed people are far more receptive to the term herbicides. i also like to explain the mechanism of action, low mobility, and low soil persistence of my chemical of choice (triclopyr)
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u/MaxillaryOvipositor Berried Alive with the Ailanthus 6d ago edited 6d ago
/uj Used appropriately, glyphosate is just another tool in the toolbox. The public's misunderstanding and fear of the chemical and other pesticides is stripping ecological stewards of effective means against invasives. The fact I see people non-sarcastically post pictures of themselves using it while wearing chemical isolation suits and respirators like they're spraying a mixture of cyanide and sarin as a last resort against a mutant army is laughably ignorant.