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Re: site for new trends in gardening?

Title: Re: [GWL] site for new trends in gardening?
My problem with Merit is that it's marketed as a "just in case" product....use it "in case" you've got grubs. There are lots of "just in case" pesticides out there, which rail against the common sense idea of knowing what you have before you administer a cure. The push to rely on synthetic products instead of good cultural practices, right plant, right place and other factors makes our job harder in communicating to consumers they may not need it for their lawn or garden.

Jo Ellen

Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, speaker, photographer
Director, Region III Garden Writers Association
Phone: 317.251.3261
Fax: 317.251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@earthlink.net





Well, here's something new that garden writers may want to mull over.  I've been following Merit, a Bayer product nearly from the time it was first used in the US market.  Bayer repeatedly told us that this product was 'safe' as it was virtually immobile in the top layers of soil.  Well, garden writers...guess what?  I hear that traces of the product are showing up in some test wells and that the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has instituted some restrictions on it's use on Long Island...which has sandy as opposed to organic soils.  Reminds me a whole lot of the Temik (aldibarb) problem from years ago which contaminated both private and public water supplies in several states.

Is this a new trend in gardening?  Everybody used Merit so it must be safe.  Right?
Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener
The Hampton Gardener is a Registered Trade Mark
(Published every Thursday in the Southampton Press)

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