It crawls through the soil as well. Avoid being near it if possible.
Ray Schutte "Life is a Good Idea" Nikki Giovanni President P-Patch Trust Advocate for Community Gardens in Seattle www.ppatchtrust.org -----Original Message----- From: Diann Dirks [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:28 PM To: Ken Hargesheimer; Ray Schutte Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Community_garden] organic vs chemical Yes, Ken, I had heard that Round-Up can go at least 400 yards from original spot, but that was just a gardener spraying. When they spray the fields they use huge machines that roll along and they do not care if the wind is kicking up. I think it would take using a barrier of some kind to keep it off from a prevailing wind - possibly stretched cloth like burlap about 6' or higher. Anyone have any data on this? Diann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Hargesheimer" <[email protected]> To: "Ray Schutte" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 3:14 PM Subject: [Community_garden] organic vs chemical > Several years ago, I have a tomato plant dying. Never seen leaves do what > they were doing. I took the stem/leaves to the ag experiment station to > the > plant experts. He studied it and studied it and he he did not know. > > The following year, same problem. I put the whole plant in my pickup and > took it to him. He called in another guy. They studied and studied. > Finally, they said that it was their belief that it is dying due to drift > from cotton field spraying. I live 5 miles from the nearest field. They > said that is our opinion. > > Some years ago, Maine was thinking about a law that if any chemicals were > found on or in an organic vegetable, it could not be classified as > organic. > They were told that if they passed that rule, it would close down every > organic farmer in Maine. Why? DRIFT > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga rden.org/attachments/20110408/6f2f802f/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and > to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
