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Re: Half-Life of Poisons, Weed-Killers, Etc.

Greg <gdunn@healy-co.com> wrote:

> Arg, I hate to post this, I know you're gonna beat me up, but...

Pow! WHAP! SmaCK! ... BAM!  Ahh, virtual beatings just aren't the same. ;-)

> In this past few years I've used your Home Depot variety gopher poisons
> in a few different areas of my yard. I've made sure that soil never
> migrates into my garden.

> Not too long ago I put weed-killer on the lawn. I tossed the first
> mowing after that into the garbage rather than putting it in my compost
> heap, and I've since converted the mower to a mulcher so it leaves the
> grass where it's cut.

> But...do any of you know anything about how long various yard poisons
> remain active? Eventually can I safely begin putting grass clippings
> back into the compost?  What about the soil with the gopher poison?

> I can't supply details of exactly which poisons and weed-killers because
> I'm not at home where the packages are. For now I'm looking for general
> guidelines.

Well Greg, as Bill mentioned, 3 years pesticide free and you can be
certified organic.  Go read those labels and then you can research at
the Pesticide Action Network website.  A pesticide specific links page
of theirs is:

  http://www.panna.org/panna/information.html

I think you'll find lots of interesting reading there.

Cheers!

--
 Bob Carter  -  bcarter at wkpowerlink dot com
 Kootenay Bay, BC, Canada  -  Zone 6b
--

Where are we going?  And why are we in this handbasket?

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