[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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