Re: well water

[Moparholic@hotmailnospam.com]

"Chas Hurst" > wrote:
>>I would
> very much like a weed free lawn, along with not working for a living,
> being independantly wealthy, and healthy to make my doctor broke.
> Realistically these things won't happen.
>
You sure your well isn't already contaminated,or are you using mind
altering drugs? ;)

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[Lisa94]

Thanks. The well is atleast 100', or so we have been told.
I will have to do a lot of investigating before we can get rid of these
nasty weeds!

"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:32:33 GMT, "Lisa94" > wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone. We just moved to a new house in central Massachusetts that
has
> >well water. We always used the Scotts system for fertilizing the lawn
but
> >don't really want to do that for fear of it entering the drinking water
as
> >we have a well and not a town water supply. How do I go about getting
rid
> >of the crab grass and getting new grass to grow?
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >Lisa
> >
>
> Lisa,
>
> Ask your county extension office or the EPA what the danger is of lawn
> chemicals seeping into your well. Also try to find out how deep the
> well is befpre contacting them. If, for example, the well shaft goes
> down 100' or so, contamination might not be a problem compared to a
> shallow well of say 20'. You can also do some checking on whether
> there are crab grass preventive chemicals that leave minimal residual
> chemicals (i.e., they do their job and the chemicals dissipate). I
> know there are weed killers and lawn insecticides that work fast and
> leave little residual chemicals, but I'm not aware of this being the
> case for fertilizers, particularly Scott fertilizers which advertise
> their "time release" system. You can also ask if there are
> substitutes in the fertilizer end that do a reasonable job of
> providing nutrients, but I don't know what type of success you'll
> have.
>
> Doug

[Moparholic@hotmailnospam.com]

"Chas Hurst" > wrote:
>>I would
> very much like a weed free lawn, along with not working for a living,
> being independantly wealthy, and healthy to make my doctor broke.
> Realistically these things won't happen.
>
You sure your well isn't already contaminated,or are you using mind
altering drugs? ;)

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[Lisa94]

Thanks. The well is atleast 100', or so we have been told.
I will have to do a lot of investigating before we can get rid of these
nasty weeds!

"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:32:33 GMT, "Lisa94" > wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone. We just moved to a new house in central Massachusetts that
has
> >well water. We always used the Scotts system for fertilizing the lawn
but
> >don't really want to do that for fear of it entering the drinking water
as
> >we have a well and not a town water supply. How do I go about getting
rid
> >of the crab grass and getting new grass to grow?
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >Lisa
> >
>
> Lisa,
>
> Ask your county extension office or the EPA what the danger is of lawn
> chemicals seeping into your well. Also try to find out how deep the
> well is befpre contacting them. If, for example, the well shaft goes
> down 100' or so, contamination might not be a problem compared to a
> shallow well of say 20'. You can also do some checking on whether
> there are crab grass preventive chemicals that leave minimal residual
> chemicals (i.e., they do their job and the chemicals dissipate). I
> know there are weed killers and lawn insecticides that work fast and
> leave little residual chemicals, but I'm not aware of this being the
> case for fertilizers, particularly Scott fertilizers which advertise
> their "time release" system. You can also ask if there are
> substitutes in the fertilizer end that do a reasonable job of
> providing nutrients, but I don't know what type of success you'll
> have.
>
> Doug