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0 pointsovercast7y ago0 comments

It's a plant killer, you're not going to spray it on crops, you spray it on plants you don't want to grow around your crops.

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gregcrv7y ago

It's actually sprayed on food before harvesting. It's called crop desiccation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_desiccation

overcastOP7y ago

Hrmm, never heard of that. It goes the complete opposite way of the Roundup Ready crops.

AnimalMuppet7y ago

Well, that technique won't work on Roundup Ready crops. But it's used on things like wheat that are supposed to be dried out when harvested.

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freehunter7y ago

Seems like you could spray it on Roundup Ready plants, since the point of Roundup Ready plants is to not die from being sprayed with Roundup.

sampo7y ago

With corn and cereal, you actually want to weaken or kill the plants some days before you harvest, so they start to dry, especially if the weather has been wet. You get a drier harvest with less chance of spoilage in storage.

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