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Pesticides aren't used to kill weeds. Herbicides are useful, they certainly help prevent invasive weed species from taking over native plants and grasses. I'm
by malfist 11mo ago
Pesticides aren't used to kill weeds.
Herbicides are useful, they certainly help prevent invasive weed species from taking over native plants and grasses. I'm Kentucky I'm always fighting Johnson grass, thistle and Japanese knotweed in my bluegrass
- Angostura 11mo agoPesticide is a catch-all term that encompasses herbicides, insecticides, fungicides etc.
- malfist 11mo agoNo, it isn't. Pesticide are used to kill pests, such as insects in the case of insecticide or rodents. It does not include fungicides nor herbicides
- dragonwriter 11mo ago> Pesticide are used to kill pests, such as insects in the case of insecticide or rodents. It does not include fungicides nor herbicides Wrong. See, e.g., https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-contaminants-pesticides/pesticides https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-contaminants-pesticides/pe... “Pesticides are used in agriculture to protect crops from insects, fungi, weeds, and other pests.”