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["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

Not only do you have to worry about herbicides in snarf leaves, but you have
to consider that leaves and grass clippings that have been subjected to the
clorpyralid class of herbicides will destroy your fruit crops.  Anecdotal
information and some early studies reveal that cloryralids will inhibit
fruit formation for at least one season in stone fruits and pomes.
Washington state orchards suffered drift from this herbicide used by road
maintenance crew destroying roadside growth.  The orchards' apples, pears
and peaches did not fruit the next season.  Annuals died and perennials
didn't flower either.  So....know your leaves and clippings.  Ask about
their upbringing!
Doreen Howard

----- Original Message -----
From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Bumper Crop/caution


> If you snarf leaves (the technical term for taking others' rakings from
> their curbs), be a little cautious about those bags which contain grass
> clippings.   Chances are these contain small amounts of weed- killers
which
> can be problematic if these bags are used in veggy gardens.   Shouldn't be
a
> problem in the orchard, tho.
>
> tc, yes I snarf
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Bumper Crop!
> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:35:36 -0600
>
> At 03:24 PM 11/5/2003 -0500, Tom wrote:
> >Just a reminder to all those suburban farmers (and those willing to
forage
> >in suburbia) that a
> >bumper crop of leaf bags is starting to emerge at the end of driveways.
>
> Yep.  Been hauling 'em home as fast as I can pitch 'em in the back of the
> truck.  I try to target yards with predominantly oaks &/or pines, and
those
> where it looks like they chopped & vaccumed them with the mower.  Probably
> need to clean out the bed of the truck and slide my old 'cattle racks' in,
> so I can haul a bigger load without the bags blowing out on the way home.
> Grabbed 4 or 5 bags this morning that I don't know what I'm gonna do
with -
> feels like they're full of chestnut burs - I sure don't want to put them
> anywhere that I'm gonna be walking barefoot!
>
> Lucky
>
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