RE: [tomato] Does Weed Killer affect tomatoes?
Orchid (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 19:43:06 -0400
To add my own 2 cents, I used ROUNDUP on my raised garden bed I made. I was
advised that if I just dumped the dirt on the sod, it would grow right up
through the dirt. I used roundup, and the label said to wait 3 or more days
for tomatoes, I think. I gave two applications over a week, and then
planted a week later. I have tomatoes and vegetables growing like a jungle.
The actual info is on ROUNDUP's label for each type of plant or
vegetable....check it out.
Pete, south florida
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tomato@GlobalGarden.com [mailto:owner-tomato@GlobalGarden.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Park
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 5:47 PM
To: tomato newsgroup
Subject: [tomato] Does Weed Killer affect tomatoes?
Hi all,
A nice friend of mine has decided to let a poor soul like me use part of his
backyard for growing some tomatoes!! However, he sprayed a weed killer
called "Round up" over the area a few months back to kill off some tall
weeds (he was planning to cement the area but ran out of money)
Is anyone familiar with Round-up and it's effect on gardening? I've been
told it is a 'systemic' weed killer, although I'm not quite sure what that
means exactly...Should I till the soil or will that put the poison in the
soil deeper and be a long term detriment to my tomatoes? Is there anything
I can add to the soil to counter act any lingering effects?
Trying to avoid a disaster...
Greg Park
zone 10
CEO-in-Training
Park Steel Company, Inc.
Park.Steel@worldnet.att.net