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Re: New Product Announcement

Jeff Ball wrote:

> Bayer Advanced LLC, which is wholly owned by the Bayer Corporation,
> introduced a new consumer product last year called Bayer Advanced Lawn(r)
> All-In-One Weed Killer. It kills lawn weeds plus crabgrass in one easy step.
> It won't harm your lawn when used according to label directions.

This has some standard herbicides one of which one is an arsenic salt. It has about 4% soluble arsenic.

Besides killing weeds these kill many insects, predatory ground beetles and spiders that help to control other pests, and
harmless decomposers that are food for many predators. In addition, these herbicides kill beneficial fungi that help keep the
soil fiable. With loss of structure, the soil supports the growth of primary colonizers - the most agressive weeds. So by
using this product you are starting the cycle of addiction to chemicals.

Another herbicide compound, clopyralid,  innocently used on lawns is causing major problems with using shreaded green waste
and compost:
http://css.wsu.edu/compost/compost.htm

A hoe kills a broad spectrum of weeds and has side benefits - aerobic exercise, and generates material for your compost pile.

Low risk options are available. A cup of liquid dish washing detergent to a gallon of water kills all sorts of weeds (and
flowers) on contact, and corn glutin meal is a good pre-emergence herbicide that feeds soil microbes. These can both be
purchased in brightly colored consumer packages.

Ron

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Ron Whitehurst
Marketing Manager

Rincon-Vitova Insectaries,
P.O. Box 1555, Ventura, CA  93002-1555
805-643-5407   800-248-2847 (BUGS)   fax 805-643-6267

e-mail:  bugnet@rinconvitova.com
web:  http://rinconvitova.com

Biological Solutions for Pest Management

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