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Glypho can be used as.... a cleaner?

Absent Minded Farmer

Absent Minded Farmer

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I could have sworn I read somewhere, a few years back, that a long time ago the Navy used to use (or at least tried) glyphosate to clean the oil off the deck of carriers? At least I think it was glypho & not one of the rainbow herbicides. Might someone here be able to shine some light on the subject?

Thanks,
Mike
 
Monsanto had a patent on it until recently, leading me to think Monsanto developed it back in the 70's, but I'm just thinking out loud about it and have no facts to back it up. Maybe Glypho is derived from a deck cleaning agent? I'm probably way off base, as usual LOL.
 
The navy was useing glysophate to clean the ships.

They learned when they threw it on shore to get rid of the waste it killed the weeds.

It was develope as a cleaner before a herbicide.

Or so I was told.

Gary
 
Off base or not, it's a start. I poked around a bit more & came up with the same info. Glypho is about 20 - 30 years too new for what I was thinking, so that might not be it. Maybe it was one of the Agents or just plain ol' 2,4-D, which was developed during WWII.

Mike
 
Cool, I may not be getting batty after all! The "off-loading" & discovery of it's potential as a weed killer sure rings a bell. You know, I didn't directly check Monsanto's entry in Wikipedia yet, so that will be my next investigation. Might be a mention in there, somewhere.

Thanks,
Mike
 
Before being a herbicide it was used as a tank cleaning agent. Best thing there is to clean a plastic or poly tank. In between corn and beans I try to just spray a part tank of straight roundup to clean it all out, then I don't have to go in with ammonia and rinse several times. Used to be really cheap and they all used it for a tank cleaner.
 
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