In early yrs of Roundup (don't think we knew the term glyphosate yet), we added NIS to the basic product. Also added AMS or 28% (back then). Then M added surfactants to the Roundup & the term "loaded" started being used-but AMS was still needed. But-I've never understood why they couldn't add the necessary chemical component of Ammonium Sulfate (AMS) so we didn't need to add that. Many posters here claim that if no AMS is added, you just as well spray water. I see one poster is using 1.7# of AMS per gallon. Must have pretty big tips-that would make thick solution. Now, we have liquid AMS...which I'm sure contains a lot of water. So-why can't they (whoever that is) just put the AMS in the glyphosate & solve the problem of "how much". I haven't heard of anyone adding extra surfactants, so that part of glyphosate formula must be OK. Anyone know a valid reason why AMS, or chemical component of it, isn't in glyphosate already? |