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"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? -- God Bless America - http://members.aol.com/flyitproudly/flag.html ------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ -------------------- Go#40 Usenet Newsgroup Service |
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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 |
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"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? -- God Bless America - http://members.aol.com/flyitproudly/flag.html ------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ -------------------- Go#40 Usenet Newsgroup Service |
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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 |
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