Re: Startling statistic

**"Nancy Szerlag" s*@earthlink.net**

I think a lot of homeowners and gardeners would choose and use organics if
they were aware these products are readily available and in many cases are
as effective and the synthetics. However, sorting your way through the maze
of products on store shelves is not easy. Most folks take the easy way out
and rely on the sales folk for a recommendation. And, the sales folk,
pressed for time, grab the old standby and move on.

Case in point, Sluggo, also sold by Schultz under the name Slug and Snail
Bait. This environmentally friendly slug bait has been on the market for
several years and is readily available. But the poisonous stuff from Ortho
is still the top seller.  We need a sticker program? A fancy EFP
(environmentally friendly product) slapped on the front of the containers.

Nancy S.

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>From: Margaret Lauterbach <melauter@earthlink.net>
>To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: RE: [GWL] Startling statistic
>Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 2:34 PM
>

> I believe this statistic too.  I do wonder if agricultural pesticides are
> included in the total.  However, I've sent people to our local garden
> centers for BT, midsummer, and minimum wage bozos sell them on something
> completely inappropriate.  Maybe it's the customer who's the bozo.  Margaret L
>
>>I asked and he confirmed.  Only 2% of the pesticides sold to consumers in
>>this country is organic.  That statistic is true for the industry and for
>>his company on a national basis.  In the 50 or so garden centers I have
>>visited in the past year, it is my observation that something less than 10%
>>of the products on the shelf are organic.  The organic products are there in
>>the early season, but because they are not big sellers, the garden centers
>>tend not to reorder them, so that by June it is hard to find Bt or Neem or
>>Light hort oil.
>>Sorry to bring the bad news, but I believe the statistic.
>>Jeff
>
>
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