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corn gluten weed killer in pellet form?
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wrote: On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 03:19:05 GMT, (Dennis G.) wrote: Where can I find the trials info for corn gluten effectiveness? http://www.gluten.iastate.edu/ Or, more precisely: http://www.iastate.edu/IaStater/1996/may/tech.html which page turned up in the first 10 presented by Google when I search for "corn gluten weed killer", so it wasn't hard to find. It's a bit of PR blurb, but I see it's seven years old. So "A-Maizing Lawn" has been around a while! It is claimed to inhibit root growth in germinating grasses but does not affect established turf. As to effectiveness, in one paragraph they say (bearing in mind we're talking back in 1996 here): quoting The future looks rosy for the corn gluten meal weed killer. It's the only natural pre-emergent herbicide in the turfgrass industry. In addition, corn gluten meal contains nitrogen and acts as a fertilizer for mature grass. On the other hand, A-Maizing Lawn costs more than common synthetic herbicides and doesn't work as well. Research indicates that after three years of use, up to 80 percent of the weeds are controlled, compared to synthetic herbicides that kill nearly all weeds. /quoting Iowa State also has a whole web page devoted to the product, with a raft of links to published docs etc. (mostly bloody PDF files though): http://www.gluten.iastate.edu/ Cheers, Phred. -- LID |
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