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Re: O/T Kinda = Pre-Emergents Veggie Gardens
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Posted by Chris on February 28, 2003 at 18:13:20 from (66.163.141.109):
In Reply to: O/T Kinda = Pre-Emergents Veggie Gardens posted by Tommy D on February 25, 2003 at 10:21:05:
Chicken manure often creates an imbalance in phosphorus (too much)causing some weeds to go wild, especially ragweed/pigweed, the best way to take care of the weeds in your case would be to add some calcium carbonate or other good source of calcium to your soil and grow a cover crop of buckwheat, flax or oats which use phos. I found out all of this the hard way and now use chicken manure very sparingly, it is very rich! I would stay away from herbicides myself, they stay around in the soil for a lot longer than the label says and could poison your family if improperly used, plus it won't solve the real problem of the imbalance.
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