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Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 14:43
| I made my Garden spot larger by using Vegetation Killer to kill the Grass-sod so after tilling the Grass won't grow back. I applied this last Fall, How safe will it be to Plant my Vegetables etc? or will i have to wait a while for the Toxens to get out of the soil? The reason i did this is last time i ran the tiller when the grass was still actively growing. What a pain, Grass kept growing back. |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 17:51
| All depends on what you used. Do you know what product it was? |
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| The residues from some vegetation poisons are known to stay in the soil for several years. An easier, much less expensive, and more environmentally better method of killing grasses in garden plots involves laying newspaper or cardboard (mostly free) over the area to deprive what is growing there of the sunlight needed for growth so those plants die. It is difficult to answer your question without knowing what the product was and knowing the condition of your soil since bio remediation does work, but that also needs a soil well endowed withe organic matter. |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 20, 13 at 18:09
| Most of the products labeled "vegetation killer" available to homeowners are glyphosate based - essentially a RoundUp type of product. Almost of all of these will allow replanting after 14 days. There is one granular product marketed by Image that that is labeled as "year long vegetation killer" and if that product was used you are advised to wait 24 months before seeding or planting! Hope you still have the product packaging around - the label should disclose when it is safe to replant. If not, you can look it up online - virtually ALL pesticides available to homeowners have online published labels disclosing ingredients and usage instructions. |
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| Keep in mind that both the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency were founded as consumer protection agencies and they are not. Many of the products the USDA allows to be sold to consumers have been found by the EPA to be hazardous to users. Of course people selling these products will tell you they are safe. |
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