On Fri, 15 May 2009 Emery Davis wrote:

I was given to understand that the licence to use
glyphosate
in branded weedkiller has expired and glyphosate should now be
available at a reasonable price on the open market. Does anyone have a
reliable source from whom I can purchase it at a reasonable price
please.

I know places where it has been possible to buy it at a quarter of the
usual price - but I'm afraid they're all in France! My allotment
neighbours used to ask me to get some each time I visited France!

David

Do tell David, where in France, please?

Bricomarché. At least the one in Falaise stocks it so I suppose that
others do.
David

Good Lord, man. Have they no Agrial (formerly Orcal, sometimes Point
Vert) in Falaise?

Yes, they do. And there's one in Pont D'Ouilly which is my local one.

Go to the professional section, ask for Roundup. Bring your own
container. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Can't say that Agrial's prices are all that low on most things. That's
where I get my vine posts from. But thanks for the tip. I'll ask next
time I go and ask for "Roondoop"!

Falaise, eh?

Between Falaise and Condé-sur-Noireau

South of Argentan here.

Not too far from us, then.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
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