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I've got a new lawn with some weeds and would like to zap em. what exactly is harmful to children and dogs. i've got an indoor dog, and a 3 month old so neither are out in the yard but it would be useful information to know.

according to scotts annual program i would use...

Scott's Turf Builder Winterguard with Plus 2 Weed Control
Scotts Turf Builder With Halts Crabgrass Preventer
Scotts Turf Builder With Plus 2 Weed Control
Scotts Turf Builder Lawn Fertilizer with 2% Iron

are all fertilizers harmful or are there some that are safe??
Scotts Turf Builder With SummerGuard

2006-09-30 04:38:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden Garden & Landscape

4 answers

The 2 turfbuilders Plus 2 are considered safe after putting them down on wet lawn and letting them sit for 24 hours. Then after that once you have had one good rainfall and it has DRIED it is considered safe. The product sticks to what it dried on.

Same for the others. Don't let anyone on them until after thay have dried. Then they are considered safe.

I personally wait for 2 or 3 rainfalls just to make extra sure that there is no residue left in any appreciable amount. And in today's world you are going to get exposed to some chemicals. When they spray for mosquitoes, when you buy some broccoli that has been sparayed in the field, or corn there is residue in ppm or ppb. It's wise to restrict your exposure but you'll never elimate it. As I say, the chemicals above are considered safe if used as directed.

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2006-09-30 06:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by college kid 6 · 0 0

Well, you may not like my point of view (that's OK!) but I'm one of those people that does not like to put anything un-natural in my garden. Not only do you want to keep baby and doggy safe, but also the rest of the environment.

You can do the old-fashioned thing and dig out your weeds. (eep! lots of work, I know!!).

If there are patches af tough weeds, you can spray just the patches with a weed killer, and then keep your family away from that patch for a week or two.

Most fertilizers are OK, although I avoid them. If you wish to fertilize the yard, you really ought to be ok with the products you mentioned, but you should probably keep baby and doggy off the grass for a week or so.

Really, I think you'll be ok - I'm not one to use such products, and would encourage you to do without them at all, but if you insist on using something, be sure to keep family off the grass for a week or two.

Hope this helps ;-)

2006-09-30 04:45:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

shop an extensive eye on your dogs. Be arranged to take it to the vet if it takes a turn for the extra severe. it rather is accessible that it would desire to have had too lots of the poisonous weed killer even nonetheless it is likewise very probable that the grass became into sprayed so finely that it is not sufficient to reason issues (it is going to be no the place close to a "glug" finished). You consume fruit and vegetables sprayed with all varieties in spite of each and everything.

2016-10-15 09:13:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

all are harmful

2006-09-30 04:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by kyongco 1 · 0 1

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