What is this plant please?

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I'm confused, as I spay glyphosate on my allotment to kill couch grass amongst other weeds.
    It works.
    Now if you sprayed corn, I'm sure it would kill it.
    I'm not letting it get anywhere near my sweetcorn.

    If we are talking GM crops, I think that is a bit different, as I understand they are trying to modify the genetics of certain crops to be glyphosate resistant.
     
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    • daitheplant

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      As I said Pete, it is just Soil Association propaganda.
       
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      That's the idea, they spray the Wheat 2 weeks before harvest, it means come harvest all of the field is at the same stage of ripeness. It certainly isn't propaganda.
       
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        Yes. But as you know plants are extremely clever when it comes to survival. The plant 'knows' it is dying because of the glyphosate poisoning. It diverts all available resources to growing seed because success of the seed at least ensures survival of the lineage.
         
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