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The War on Weeds

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Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

lagniappe wrote: post #8

Here's what I want: - take a soil sample and put it in a cup, add solvent/water and shake - insert testing strip, or even drip into vials with reagents - compare color to back of the box to determine what adulterants are in the soil If I something like this were available locally, I'd see a price of 100 or less selling well for people interested in growing their own produce or simply gaining more insight into what's…

You can buy a soil test kit at your local hardware store. The analysis is not done by the kit though, it's just a collection kit that you send off to an analysis lab.

But this basic concept already exists. Farmers do this extensively.

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/a-gardeners-guide-to-soil-testi...

Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by Spivak »

janniehater wrote: post #6

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Why? As far as personal anecdotes go for an article against humans controlling natural growth and the normalized casual cruelty of it, it's pretty dang on the nose.

Color me not shocked that an author that is against killing "weeds" and resents the label grew up in an environment where her own flourishing was someone else's pest to be controlled. No clue why that idea resonated with her.

Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by wonderwonder »

Spivak wrote: post #13
janniehater wrote: post #6

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Why? As far as personal anecdotes go for an article against humans controlling natural growth and the normalized casual cruelty of it, it's pretty dang on the nose. Color me not shocked that an author that is against killing "weeds" and resents the label grew up in an environment where her own flourishing was someone else's pest to be controlled. No clue why that idea resonated with her.

Not going to solve many problems by alienating half of your audience right out of the gate.

Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by analog31 »

riffic wrote: post #9

what exactly is a "weed" this seems like such a nefarious and ill-defined concept.

Pretty much everybody accepts that there's no precise definition. It's whatever you don't want. What you define as a weed is up to you, as is what you do about it.

Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by contingencies »

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #12
riffic wrote: post #9

what exactly is a "weed" this seems like such a nefarious and ill-defined concept.

It's a colloquial term. A more precise term is volunteer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_(botany)

Also "non-endemic", "non-indigenous", "pest plant", "invasive".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species

Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by suroot »

wonderwonder wrote: post #14
Spivak wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? As far as personal anecdotes go for an article against humans controlling natural growth and the normalized casual cruelty of it, it's pretty dang on the nose. Color me not shocked that an author that is against killing "weeds" and resents the label grew up in an environment where her own flourishing was someone else's pest to be controlled. No clue why that idea resonated with her.

Not going to solve many problems by alienating half of your audience right out of the gate.

It’s not intended to.

Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by seoulmetro »

janniehater wrote: post #6

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There's a lot of insecurity being regurgitated here, it was hard to read.

I think a lot of these kinds of people see themselves as modern (changing with trends) morality warriors.

People like to rewrite their own histories in attempts to distance themselves further than time does. But they just end up bringing them closer.

Re: The War on Weeds

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Post by [deleted] »

wonderwonder wrote: post #14
Spivak wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? As far as personal anecdotes go for an article against humans controlling natural growth and the normalized casual cruelty of it, it's pretty dang on the nose. Color me not shocked that an author that is against killing "weeds" and resents the label grew up in an environment where her own flourishing was someone else's pest to be controlled. No clue why that idea resonated with her.

Not going to solve many problems by alienating half of your audience right out of the gate.

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