[Market-farming] Pre-emergents

Keith Johnson kd.johnson at insightbb.com
Sat Feb 2 09:17:58 EST 2008


I was just looking at Ohio Earth Food's catalog and they have corn
gluten in 50# bags for $27. Shipping to Texas would probably add $20+/-
50# treats 2500 sq ft. for a spring application. Generally recommended
for lawns and applied after the first mowing with newly seeded grass.
http://ohioearthfood.com

E C GRANATA wrote:
> Mark:  It is pricey.  Gardens Alive carries it as Amaizing Lawn, or 
> some such.  I've used it mostly as a nitrogen hit for transplants.  In 
> my home garden and on my lawn, it works very well as a pre-emergent-- 
> but you've got to be careful not to put it down where you plan to 
> plant veggie seeds as it will kill them off too.  I think you need to 
> leave 4 weeks or so after application before direct seeding.
>  
> Elaine
> Denver
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* TxBeeFarmer <mailto:TxBeeFarmer at HotPop.com>
>     *To:* Market Farming <mailto:market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, January 30, 2008 6:37 PM
>     *Subject:* [Market-farming] Pre-emergents
>     Can any of you recommend some pre-emergents that are safe and work
>     well in vegetable gardens?
>
>     Thanks
>     TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
>     West Texas Zone 7b
>

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