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Please help me control the grass and weeds in my garden

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Carousel Realty of Dyer County Tn 248435000

I just returned off vacation and came home to a overgrown with weeds garden. Normally I hoe the weeds and grass out of my garden on a daily basis but missed 8 days.

Is there a chemical I can use to spray around the vegetable plants to kill the grasses and weeds? I am hoeing as fast as I can but cannot get caught up. I know not to use round-up. What about a chemical called msma?

Surely someone here can help me rescue my garden before it is too late! I will be picking squash and zuccinia in a couple of more days.

Comments (7)

Larry Bettag
Cherry Creek Mortgage Illinois Residential Mortgage License LMB #0005759 Cherry Creek Mortgage NMLS #: 3001 - Saint Charles, IL
Vice-President of National Production

Mike....PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU FIND OUT!  I NEED IT AS WELL!

Jun 08, 2011 08:13 AM
Broker Nick
South Florida Real Estate & Development, Inc. - Coconut Creek, FL
Broker Nick Relocation Broker Service

Oh Mike - I can't help you with that - it is above my pay grade...

Jun 08, 2011 08:16 AM
Robert Rauf
CMG Home Loans - Toms River, NJ

Hands and knees, and then some Preen.... it prevents seeds from sprouting... When all else fails, MULCH!

Jun 08, 2011 08:20 AM
Melissa Anderson
Be My Neighbor Mortgage - San Antonio, TX
Your Texas Lender

My Mom used to pay me 10 cents for every week I picked.  Hire some neighbor kid :)

Jun 09, 2011 10:06 AM
Larry Brewer - Benchmark Realty llc
Benchmark Realty LLc - Nashville, TN

Mike - It looks like the gardners of active rain have abandoned you, I would call the local co-op and ask them. That's what they do for a living.

Jun 27, 2011 03:05 AM
Bob & Bonnie Horning
Mount Joy, PA

Cover it with grass clippings. Catch your grass, put it in your garden. The decaying grass also fertilzes the ground plus helps retain moisture during dry spells. If you plant corn, plant butternut squash around the corn, that keeps the weeds down too.

Jul 01, 2011 03:31 AM
Bob & Bonnie Horning
Mount Joy, PA

Oh and please don't use Roundup, no matter how safe they say it is. All the research showing how safe is usually funded by Monsanto, the owner of Roundup. I've heard other independent studies showing it remains in the soil and will filter into your plants and into your food. That's why there is such a big stink over GMO foods right now. Soon they should have to print on packaging of food if it has any GMO in it.

Jul 01, 2011 03:39 AM