Re: Glyphosate in France

David Rance wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 Bob Minchin wrote:

I think it has been mentioned before here that glyphosate is available in France much cheaper that in UK.

Indeed.

I shall be going to France on holiday for most of September and will have this on my shopping list.
Where is the best/cheapest places to buy this stuff bearing mind I only have sufficient French to get typically get a meal and a bed for the night and could not support a conversation on the relative concentrations and applications of the stuff!!

You should find it in most bricolage stores (bricolage is the French for DIY). If you're going to be in Normandy then there are Bricomarché stores (the same chain as the Intermarché supermarkets). But any brico place should stock it.

What are the brand names to lookout for please and does it come in the bewildering range of concentrations that we get here?
I'd like 360 or 540 gms per litre so I can make up my own dilutions.
Is glyphosate the same word in French?

Yes.

Is désherbant the key word to be looking for?

Yes.

I have a one litre bottle of it in front of me. It simply says Glyphosate 360 g/l and on the box it came in the word "désherbant" appears at the top.

I bought it two or three years ago and I think the price I paid was about 7 euros. That was on special offer. The normal price was about 15 euros, still far cheaper than Roundup.

Someone here said that it's possible to buy it at an agricultural distributor called Agrial in bulk (you take your own container and they fill it up) which is cheaper still. I haven't ever tried that even though there is an Agrial near to where I live.

On the box you may see the words "doses homologuées". That means recommended dosage.

Do ask if there's any more you want to know.

David (who lives in Normandy for part of the year but is no relation to "David in Normandy" who also writes here!)

Thanks for your help David

There is a Bricomarche in Fumel near where we stay as well as a L'Eclerc Jardi in Villeneuve so I'll look there. I'll have a search for an Agrial in the area. I have a Brico Depot catalogue in front of me (april 2007) and they don't seem to have got into the gardening side. We have a friend there who is a handyman/gardener so I'll ask him as well.

Bob
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