Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Posted on 07/15/2012 4:26:45 AM PDT by rawhide
A once green fingered Minnesota man is ruing not reading the labels on the weed killer he bought after it killed all the grass on his 40,000 square foot lawn.
Turning the previously lush green grass to dead, arid scrubland, Lake Elmo resident Rob Olson only wanted to get rid of the weeds from his two and a half acre lawn.
Instead, Olson says three employees at Dege Garden Centre consulted with him about which weed product to buy and fatefully he purchased five bottles of the multi-purpose killer at $35 a pop.
The weed killer in fact contained a pre-emergent grass killer too which not only destroyed the grass but will prevent it from being resseeded or sodded for up to six months.
Having applied the product to his garden, Olson observed the grass begin to fade and called up the garden centre to demand to know what had happened.
Upon realising his mistake, Olson became furious with Ferti-lome, the makers of the dual grass and weed killer, which Olson claims is not clearly marked.
In an email a spokesman for Ferti-lome said that instructions are 'related directly to the product' and are contained in a booklet which is attached to the back of the bottle.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well look on the brightside, He won’t have to cut it.
By the way the drought has killed all of my own, my lawn is brown too and crackles when I walk on it.
Sounds like a democrat --- he's blaming someone else instead of taking responsibility.
Looks like he missed a couple of spots! It is too hot to mow anyways...
Turning the previously lush green grass to dead, arid scrubland, Lake Elmo resident Rob Olson only wanted to get rid of the weeds from his two and a half acre lawn.
More ignoids at work in "journalism".
Guy missed a few spots. Now he will have to go back and reapply to make sure it is even...
Curse you technical jargon such as “pre emergent” “grass control”. I only read the “weed” (yup) “Keeps’em out”
He missed a few spots...
I cut my whole yard once this year so far in early June. Other than that I just cut some small areas of sprinkler overspray from the garden.
40,000 square feet is not quite one acre. 2.5 acres would be 108,900 square feet. (43,560 = 1 acre)
Just picking nit here but the story is a good reminder to read the label! Thanks.
This is NEWS in the UK?
BS article. I am sure he did not understand what the dealer told him and did not read the instructions.
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From an e-bay listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fertilome-Double-Play-Weed-Grass-Killer-Control-16-oz-/290540408589
US $18.99 Buy It Now
Fertilome Double Play
16 oz concentrate
Glyphosate 40.15% Prodiamine 7.51%
Weeds ‘em out — Keeps ‘em out Pre-Emergent & Post-Emergent Weed & Grass Control. Kills most all plants it touches (both desirable and undesirable) and keeps new weeds from emerging. Do not spray this product on your lawn thinking that it will only kill the weeds. It will kill your whole lawn or whatever plants it touches. Nothing will grow there again for at least 6 months.
How It Works: To prevent new weeds and grasses from growing, you must spray the entire area you want to control, not just the emerged weeds. One ingredient enters the plants through foliage and moves systemically to the roots, killing weeds by stopping the production of a substance found in plants. Weeds begin to yellow and wilt in a matter of days with complete kill in 1-2 weeks. The other ingredient provides an invisible barrier in the soil by preventing growth and development of newly germinated weeds.
Weeds Controlled: The label is VERY extensive. If you would like information on specific weeds, please email us.
Where To Use: Apply product to both established weeds and weed-prone areas where weeds have not yet emerged:
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cracks and crevices in driveways, sidewalks, walkways, and patios.
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along fences, foundations, curbs, retaining walls, and edges of lawns
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around the base or in mulched beds of well-established plants shrubs, or trees (must be at least 6 months old)
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on gravel areas
Use Precautions: Do not spray desirable plants. Do not spray on windy days. Do not use in lawns or for lawn renovation. Do not use for vegetable garden preparations or in and around fruits and vegetables. Do not spray an area that will be planted or seeded for least 6 months.
Application Rate: Do not apply with a galvanized or unlined steel sprayer or through an irrigation system. Using a tank sprayer, add 3-6 oz to 1 gallon of water. Treats 1000 sq ft. For longer pre-emergent control and/or post-emergent control of larger weeds, use the higher rate.
How To Apply: Spray existing weeds AND the entire surrounding weed-prone area you want to keep free of weeds. Spray with sufficient volume to assure complete coverage.
When To Apply: For best results, apply during warm, sunny weather (above 60 degrees Fahrenheit).
Replanting: If applying at 3 oz per gallon of water, wait 6 months to replant/reseed. If applying at 6 oz per gallon of water, wait 12 months to replant/reseed.
Minnesota has long harsh Winters. He might be able to re-plant his lawn next April.
At least he wont have to worry about mowing it during the hot Summer months.
Easy to kill grass.
I got tired of the weed and feed thing every 6 weeks during the summer, so I took the advice of the Saturday morning radio garden expert. I bought a 10 pound sack of white clover (internet purchase) and spread it out over my lawn. It did exactly as he said it would. It choked out the dandelions, crab grass and weeds, and now I don’t even need to fertilize, since clover is a nitrogen fixing legume and creates nitogen compounds for both itself and everything around it. Yeah, there are the little white blossoms, but they don’t detract from the lawn’s appearance, they actually highlight it.
The other thing I didn’t realize was that clover is more resistant to being walked on than the grass is.
Yup, just as I suspected in the ingredients. Glyphosate = Round-up. Kills ‘em dead, for sure.
Missed a few spots. Now he can mow those every few days.
To be fair, they should probably make the “KILLS YOUR GRASS” thing just a bit more prominent on the packaging.
Probably previously wrote about the .9MM, fully automatic assault revolver.
However, I have been looking to do what you've done. May i ask where you purchased the seeds?
Looks like he missed some spots. The work of an amateur.
Since they don’t have a “before” shot, I do wonder what his grass looked like previously. Likewise I wonder if it wasn’t intentional and a stunt - as often happens in these kind of stories.
Have you ever considered watering your lawn? If you install a sprinkler system all you have to do is program it and it does all the work.
Biased bastards.
In my college weed science class the mantra was “Read the label, read the label, read the label.”
Yep, RounUp
PLUS > Prodiamine Pre-emergent grassy and broadleaf weed
control.
Not only did it burn down the grass & weeds, but it kept them for coming up again. Article says for 6 months.
Forty thousand square feet is not 2 1/2 acres. If he can’t even figure out how much land he has, no wonder he has problems reading the perfectly clear directions. Of course he’s a Dem—he’s in MN and he blames other people for his own stupid mistake.
P.S.: he’ll actually be lucky if he can reseed in just six months. In the first place, six months is the dead of winter in Minnesota, and in the second, some of those products really lurk in the soil for a long time. They’re kind of intended for places where you really, seriously do not want any vegetation growing for a long time, like patios and sidewalks. READ THE LABEL.
By the way the drought has killed all of my own, my lawn is brown too and crackles when I walk on it.
But your lawn is only dormant, When watered it will come back to life..His won’t.
$16 Trillion in debt, our nation about to implode, war about to erupt in the Middle East, a Dictator in the White House, and some guy in Minnesota has a brown lawn.
What part of “grass control” couldn’t he figure out?
I know I can water it, but I do not like wasting water on grass. I water my garden, it produces a valuable food source, I don’t eat grass. So it looks bad, I am not so pretty myself,IMO water is too valuabale a resource to squander on grass, especially during a drought.
Vegans and other Dirt First groups will condemn this man with hate crimes
I just hope he has lots of neighbors to tell him “You missed a spot”. LOL
WoW! He should re-think where he does his gardening business.....
We havent had rain in six months, our lawns are dead and still the home owners association sent us a letter telling us to cut our lawns. Sheesh!
That happens along about August all across the south unless you have a sprinkler system. It’s the “wet dead grass is just darker brown, don’t worry about it until fall and enjoy not needing to mow” stage.
Came early this year. Crabgrass survives it though, verdant and green as ever, always thought a hybrid variety that stayed green through the winter would be a great thing. There’s not much that kills the stuff, almost in kudzu territory.
One of my neighbors did this a few years ago.
His wife bought the wrong stuff.
This was a big lawn, several acres, and he had a tractor mounted sprayer.
After the first week, we were all asking what the heck happened?
I’ll be the first to admit not knowing very much about cystic fibrosis but i can’t imagine all the chemicals he puts on his lawn would help his children.
To me, the clover is annoying. The white blooms pop back out within a day of mowing, so the sunny areas of the yard look perpetually in need of mowing. I'm embracing moss in the shaded areas, which is most of it. Wild ferns coming up too. Kind of nice, but it still needs occasional mowing, stray unwanted vegetation.
Along with those little white blossoms come the bees. Lots and lots of them. Clover honey is just that, from clover.
Beware walking in blooming clover with bare feet!
I learned that lesson the hard way when I really young.
That is a very retro solution! Years ago people had gorgeous lawns using clover as a natural weed and feed in their lawn. Some decided clover in a lawn was a weed and the battle began. I am going to put clover back in my yard, little kids like it too- gives them something to do, they can look for four leaf clovers.
no one read the clearly marked label there either
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I am wondering if the Marketing Department at Double Play has contacted him about doing an endorsement?
“Double Play: Works as Advertised!”
You’re in high clover now.
no one read the clearly marked label there either
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He can 'no till' in some soybeans. SOP for no till; spray roundup, kill the grass, wait a while and drill in soybeans. Might be a little difficult getting the rig in.
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