How Can We Reduce The Need For Pesticides?

What are Safer Alternatives to Commonly Used Pesticides?

Common Herbicides: Roundup (glyphosate), 2, 4-D, MCPA, dicamba, trychlopyr, atrazine, and diuron.
Safer Alternatives: corn gluten, hot water, vinegar, hand pulling, weed whackers, proper watering and mowing, and organic lawn care.

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Think of lawn care as a daily project

In order to prevent a weed problem from occurring it is important to do daily upkeep on your lawn and garden.  This way you will not have a major weed problem on your hands.

This website has tips on natural gardening as well as places to buy products in the Portland area:

www.metro-region.org/pssp.cfm?ProgServID=4

Organic weed control

Cultivation: Digging out with fork and machinery in moderation.

Chipping: Using a sharp hoe or spade to remove weeds at just below ground level

Smothering: Covering with mulch, newspaper, paper bags, lawn clippings, etc.

Solarisation: Cooking the weeds under plastic in hot weather

Crowding: Dense plant communities, and green manures crowd out weeds

Pulling: Naturally, this is the best method for ridding your flowerbed of weeds.

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