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"Kathy" wrote:

I'm new here so please forgive if you all discussed this last year, but how
do you know if mulch hay is safe? I'd like to get a couple bales of hay, or
better yet seed-free straw, for mulching potatoes and peppers. I've always
heard that hay is THE thing for mulching. But how do I know if the hay is
safe and doesn't have broad-leaf weed killers in it?

Kathy



First of all, most broad leaf weed killers (as far as I know anyway,
everyone please correct me if I am wrong!) are only effective when
sprayed on the leaves of the target plants, and they biodegrade with
time.

Secondly, if you get feed grade hay, I don't think there are usually
week killers in feed hay as it could hurt the livestock???

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K.

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