Jessica comments on this post:
“Thank you! This is very vindicating. My dad argues that my garden’s curled leaves and stunted growth can’t be the Grazon that he put down like 5 years ago, but it only happens in the beds with composted manure from the barn. Is there any way to get the pesticide to break down faster? I can’t just abandon 100 years of manure in a 1000 square foot barn. “
I wrote back:
You can have greener thumbs by this weekend!
“It’s definitely the manure. Grazon is nasty and doesn’t generally break down much unless it’s tilled into the soil, then it still takes a long time. You could use it to feed grass, grains or your corn – it won’t hurt members of the grass family.”
She could also just throw it out in a field, but if the cows are eating it, it will cycle back through the manure.
Sheesh, I hate this stuff.