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Tomatoes not growing...
Jan Flora wrote:
In article , Leythos wrote: In article , says... In article , Leythos wrote: In article om, says... Roundup is systemic, it's primarilly applied to foilage but once in the soil it is taken up by plant roots as well. These kind of defolients need to be applied very carefully, it's real easy to have over-spray of 50, 100 feet, and more. Even when the treated plants die the defoliant is still in the dead plant and will remain potent long after the plant is composted and its dust blows wherever. I used to use roundup on my gravel driveway and around building foundations, but no more, it also poisons the animals that eat the vegetation, the insects, and even walk there. I'd rather live with some weeds... those that encroach on my gardens I pull up by hand, use mulch, and cultivate... I grow my veggies in large buckets about 2' in diameter and 2' tall that are in a mulched area, I spray the mulch monthly with weed killer, but the plants are isolated from the ground by the buckets... This has worked well for us, we can even move them as needed. Now if I could just keep the dogs from picking the green tomato's before they ripen. Hot wire. I don't have AC power down there at this time, but it's an option. I was using 3' high chicken wire, but they jump over it right now. They make some dandy solar powered fence chargers these days. A neighbor without power uses one to keep a wire around 15 acres hot, to keep his horses in. Jan solar fences work great! not that expensive either. here at the local tractor supply, you can get a small solar unit for the same price as an electric hot wire box. |
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Tomatoes not growing...
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rachael simpson wrote: Jan Flora wrote: In article , Leythos wrote: In article , says... In article , Leythos wrote: In article om, says... Roundup is systemic, it's primarilly applied to foilage but once in the soil it is taken up by plant roots as well. These kind of defolients need to be applied very carefully, it's real easy to have over-spray of 50, 100 feet, and more. Even when the treated plants die the defoliant is still in the dead plant and will remain potent long after the plant is composted and its dust blows wherever. I used to use roundup on my gravel driveway and around building foundations, but no more, it also poisons the animals that eat the vegetation, the insects, and even walk there. I'd rather live with some weeds... those that encroach on my gardens I pull up by hand, use mulch, and cultivate... I grow my veggies in large buckets about 2' in diameter and 2' tall that are in a mulched area, I spray the mulch monthly with weed killer, but the plants are isolated from the ground by the buckets... This has worked well for us, we can even move them as needed. Now if I could just keep the dogs from picking the green tomato's before they ripen. Hot wire. I don't have AC power down there at this time, but it's an option. I was using 3' high chicken wire, but they jump over it right now. They make some dandy solar powered fence chargers these days. A neighbor without power uses one to keep a wire around 15 acres hot, to keep his horses in. Jan solar fences work great! not that expensive either. here at the local tractor supply, you can get a small solar unit for the same price as an electric hot wire box. What a neat idea! :-) I never even considered that... Silly too, as I've seen them around goat pastures here. Duh. g -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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