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Re: [GWL]: Neem in Canada

Lorraine Flanigan wrote:
> Although Neem and Milky Spore have not been approved for use as herbicides
and pesticides, they
> are available for sale (retailers just cannot recommend their use for
these purposes -- where
> there's a will, there's a way!) The Trellis Shop at the Civic Garden
Centre in Toronto carries
> Neem Oil, and Milky Spore is available from The Environmental Factor, an
interesting organic lawn
> care company that has been successfully applying organic practices to both
private and public
> lawns in Oshawa, Ontario for a number of years.
_______________
Thank for that info, Lorraine. But here's the problem: how is the new
gardener or the busy gardener supposed to find out about such things? The
converted and the plugged-in folks may know about it, but the ordinary
gardener or Jeff's yardener is left out of the loop. And even if he or she
finds Neem oil in Canada, which may require quite the hunt, how will they
figure when to use it and how much? Still seems easier to go down to the
local hardware store and get the usual chemical remedies. And what about us:
do we as writers recommend that people use a product if it isn't even
standardized (how strong is the Neem oil from one maker next to the Neem oil
from another?). And then it comes without any direction of what dosage to
give and when, and all the rest. We all know that people have enough trouble
following directions for any product that needs to be mixed or diluted. My
bet is that the ordinary insect phobic gardener misuses more chemicals more
often than the pros do. -Yvonne Cunnington

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