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Unless the plant is shallow rooted, and you keep the torch in place for a couple of minutes, all you're doing is top-killing the plant. But it is fun!

Hand pulling after a rain is easier. If you are physically unable to pull up the weeds by hand, hire someone to do it. If you can't afford that, then I would recommend the extremely judicious use of Round-up. Don't spray on a windy day. Wear long pants, long sleeved shirt, gloves and goggles. Do not use on days where it is going to be below 50, or above 80, and/or if it's going to rain within 24 hours.

If you use Round-Up on an above 80 F day, the spray will become aerosolised, and you don't want to breathe that stuff. Plus, most plants shut their stomas when it's above 80 or below 50 to conserve moisture, so the chemical will not be as effective. When you're done with spraying, take off the clothes you were wearing, including your shoes, and wash them immediately in hot water, separate from the rest of your laundry. Some people shower after using it, which I recommend. I'm not a fan of Round-Up, but if used correctly, it kills plants and causes minimal environmental damage. It is also worth noting that the WHO has listed it as a probable carcinogen.

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Chlorpyrifos and Sarin are closely related neurotoxins, so I guess poisoning farmworkers is OK but Syrian babies is an atrocity worth launching a missile strike over

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Let us know how the Secret Service interview goes!

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Ours still hop out and stick the bins on a fork and the truck does the rest. Somewhat awkwardly, my running pace is just about the same as a truck that stops at every house to empty a bin. I feel like I should help.

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And Dow Chemicals' spiritual brother Monsanto is still denying that Agent Orange, their gift to the world (President Trump probably LOVES Agent Orange) caused cancer or birth defects. Never was anything to see there, why can't you move along and let us manufacture anything we want?

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Dow Chemical welcomes you to Bhopalfield, California.

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Support local farmers who grow organic food.

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What conspiracies? There is nothing secret here, All the details of how you are getting screwed are out in the open.

They don't have to keep it secret anymore.

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Yeah, tomatoes do that. Also, they spread like wildfire if you leave tomatoes to rot on the ground.

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I never realized that having large freestanding houses means the garbage collector needs to stop at every house.Around here the people group their bins together in the morning at certain locations, about 20 households' bins stand together. It is only a 10-30 meter walk for people to do so.

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This is starting to sound like Australian pest control.

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Australia has a freaking tree that wants to kill you.

http://www.australiangeogra...

I wonder what their pest control is?

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Great prank show idea. Secretly replace all the pesticides used at the White House and tRump properties with this shit and then sit back and watch the fun.

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You boldly wear the Blue Badge of "Deal With It" to hide your posting history.

Why?

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It was lucky the same result did not happen when the Methyl isocyanate cloud leaked from the Union Carbide Plant in West Virginia back in 1985.

Good times.

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The few, the proud, the hidden.

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