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wrote in message news:kC%Wi.166866$Xa3.89337@attbi_s22... wrote: I just pull mine but I'm old fashion. Under no circumstances would I ever use Roundup, Weed B Gone, Weed and Feed or any of that other crap. Even under the best of circumstances it is irresponsible and they usually causes more problems than they solve. A good place for anyone thinking of using man made chemical on their yard to get an education: http://www.mindfully.org/ Other sites of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup http://www.texascenter.org/publications/pest.pdf http://www.mischel.com/diary/2001/01/07.htm http://www.govlink.org/hazwaste/hous...chemicals.html foolish foolish human race per monsanto's own words http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/M...SDS25jan01.htm oh well...... pull your weeds and use soil conditioner I am consistantly amazed by the lack of responsibility of some of the members of this ng. Go ahead and flame. I consider it an honor. Jim Threadgill Austin TX And I'm constantly amazed at guys like you that can't just do your weed pulling without calling others irresponsible. You post crap like the Monsanto MSDS as if it were some great revelation of how dangerous Roundup is. Go take a look at the MSDS for some simple cleaning products that everybody uses inside their homes and routinely get in skin contact with. Here's some MSDS for everyday products. Take a look at some of them, simple widely used products like Pine-Sol or laundry bleach: http://www.thecloroxcompany.com/prod...sds/index.html The MSDS's look remarkably similar to those for Roundup. This is like the nut case Vegans who can't just do their own thing, but have to go around condeming everyone else that doesn't agree with their lifestyle and chooses to eat meat. I try to minimize the use of any lawn chemicals and apply those that I do correctly. But I'm not going to pull weeds to kill off an entire lawn full of them when trying to establish a new lawn, just because you say so. Well Trader. I think most on here will agree with you. Do your own thing just don't tell me that your thing should be mine too. Most on here, seem to be educated enough about these chemicals to use them properly and responsibly. Of course there will always be idiots who think that a "dash" of chemical in the sprayer mix is "close enough" and that 2 "dashes" will work twice as well. And you will always have idiots who think that if a pint of vinegar and salt in solution will kill the weeds then a quart will work twice as well. From what I understand it's "garden" vinegar and orange oil. I have some but I've never used it. I listen to the gardening shows on the radio almost every Saturday and these guys seem to think it works. It has been in use for quite a while. We have an enlightened media in Austin regarding gardening. BTW: They are on a conservative radio station (with Rush L.). I just pull the weeds. If I had a large lot that needed weeding I would mow them before they seed. In some cases it's best to leave the roots in place as they keep the seeds from germinating. In Albuquerque, a while back, the mayor (Dean Rusk from the Carter adm.) let all the weeds grow because he said that is the best way to get rid of them. In the natural desert there are very few weeds because the ground isn't tilled. Hoeing weeds gives them a place to grow. The mayor's experiment never worked cause we had a real wet year and the weeds grew like crazy. The mayor lost the next election and the new mayor (Kenny) immediately had the weeds removed. |
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[...] In some cases it's best to leave the roots in place as they keep the seeds from germinating. Huh? [rest snipped] -- Eggs If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales? |
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"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... jthread said: [...] In some cases it's best to leave the roots in place as they keep the seeds from germinating. Huh? [rest snipped] Read the story about Albuquerque in the post. As opposed to hoeing the weeds. Or even pulling them. The ground is disturbed and gives a place for seeds to get in and germinate. Where mowing them leaves the ground undisturbed. -- Eggs If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales? |
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jthread said:
"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... jthread said: [...] In some cases it's best to leave the roots in place as they keep the seeds from germinating. Huh? [rest snipped] Read the story about Albuquerque in the post. As opposed to hoeing the weeds. Or even pulling them. The ground is disturbed and gives a place for seeds to get in and germinate. Where mowing them leaves the ground undisturbed. That is *not* what you stated above. You said the roots keep the seeds from germinating. -- Eggs After heat killed bad germs, where do they go? Obviously not in heaven, since they've been bad. Surely then can't go to hell, for the heat would kill them again(?)... |
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"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message news jthread said: "Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... jthread said: [...] In some cases it's best to leave the roots in place as they keep the seeds from germinating. Huh? [rest snipped] Read the story about Albuquerque in the post. As opposed to hoeing the weeds. Or even pulling them. The ground is disturbed and gives a place for seeds to get in and germinate. Where mowing them leaves the ground undisturbed. That is *not* what you stated above. You said the roots keep the seeds from germinating. -- sue me Eggs After heat killed bad germs, where do they go? Obviously not in heaven, since they've been bad. Surely then can't go to hell, for the heat would kill them again(?)... |
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jthread said:
"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message news jthread said: "Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... jthread said: [...] In some cases it's best to leave the roots in place as they keep the seeds from germinating. Huh? [rest snipped] Read the story about Albuquerque in the post. As opposed to hoeing the weeds. Or even pulling them. The ground is disturbed and gives a place for seeds to get in and germinate. Where mowing them leaves the ground undisturbed. That is *not* what you stated above. You said the roots keep the seeds from germinating. -- sue me Nah. No need. *flushing sounds* -- Eggs -There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. |
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