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12.06.2023 - 00:55 / gardenerspath.com / Matt Suwak
Spray the Day Away: Safe Application of Garden Chemicals and Organic AlternativesApplying chemicals to the garden and yard can be a tricky thing. Too much and you’ve overdosed the landscape, but too little and you’ve done nothing but waste your money by pouring it down the drain.
There are plenty of issues concerning the use of these synthetic compounds in world that’s saturated with industrial chemicals.
For the gardener wary of contributing to these problems, applying pesticides and fertilizers can be a scary thing.
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On the flipside, there are folks who are ready and eager to toss on a backpack sprayer and spray away dandelions, gout weed, and every last creepy-crawler in a hundred-yard radius. Pesticides and other chemical applications are a viable solution, damn it. Don’t tell me what I can and can’t spray!
I think there’s room for both people out there in the world.
After all, two different sides make up a single coin. If we can meet in the middle by practicing safe spraying and chemical applications, we’re off to a good start.
We’ve got an entire article for you on what spraying does and how we do it, and the best alternative methods to chemical application.
What Do Pesticides Do?The term “pesticide” is most often associated with something that kills cockroaches and other types of vermin, but “pesticide” is actually a catchall term for any chemical used to kill, limit, deter, and regulate populations or growth of animals, insects, or plants we consider to be pests.
People use sprays, dusts, granules, and other compounds to control a population of undesirable creatures.
It’s a shame that when a problem arises in
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