Re: herbicides: a rant
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: herbicides: a rant
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:39:56 -0700 (MST)
Kathy Guest writes:
>
> As for the rest of the garden.. I have personally gone from chemicals to
> organics.. because of RESULTS. A vivid lesson in chemical
fertilizers..... I
> spied a slug near a precious hosta while fertilizing.... I impulsively
> sprinkled some 10-10-10 on the slug... and watched in horror as it
writhed and
> shriveled.
Kathy,
I expect you would have gotten the same result if you had sprinkled table
salt on your slug, and for essentially the same reasons. Chemical
fertilizers (without additives) are not herbicides, pesticides, or
insecticides.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
