"Warren" wrote in message news:GhyAa.1031064$S_4.1039896@rwcrnsc53...
N_A_J wrote:
I treated the lawn with Ortho Weed B Gone one week ago. How soon will
it be safe to place grass clippings in my composter, or is that a
definite no-no?

Two questions:
1. How bad of a weed problem did you have that you needed to put weed
killer on the whole lawn?
2. Why are you bagging your clippings in the first place? (That may be
partly responsible for having such a weed infested lawn that you had to
spread weed killer on it in the first place.)

Asking about composting those clippings is kind of like asking getting a
tune-up on a car with no brakes.

--
Warren H.

The lawn in question is not my lawn, it's my brother's. The lawn is
relatively new (2 years) from seed. He didn't take care of it very
well, hence the weed problems. With the recent arrival of a baby, he
has even less time than before to take care of a lawn. It was
overgrown until I cut it last week. I applied the weed killer to see
what I would end up working with. I'm going to dethatch tomorrow, cut
the grass again, and fertilize. I'm bagging clippings until I can get
the lawn somewhat back into shape. I would prefer to mulch, but there
is just too much overgrowth to get through right now. I don't think
the lawn is "breathing" very well as it is now.