[Dailydrool] Fertilizer question

[Dale Rutz]

I *think* it depends on the fertilizer he used.  If he used a weed and feed then 
that is much more dangerous than say a 16-16-16 all purpose fertilizer.  The all 
purpose fertilizer we use on our fruit trees 2x yearly.  It needs to be watered 
REALLY well and once absorbed watered again to fully dilute it.  We usually 
avoid picking fruit for about a week (they are citrus and have fruit year round) 
but the folks at the nursery say we're overly careful.

If he used anything with an herbacide in it (weed and feed, halts crab grass 
remover, et al) then that's a real problem as simply sniffing it can cause a 
horrible reaction (eyes swelled shut, systemic shut down and worse ... it 
happened to my Sweet Maggie (ATB) once after a sniffy walk ... we never knew 
which neighbor used it on their front lawn).  An emergency trip to the vet 
followed where she got benedryl and prednisone brought her back from the brink 
the time this happened..

Good luck,
Dale




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I've always refused to use any chemicals on my lawn because Basil likes to graze 
(as did Waldo before him.) Just this evening, my neighbor kindly informed me 
that he had fertilized his lawn, and that when he did the fence line, a good 
chunk of my land got covered as well by the spreader. I'm really pissed, to say 
the least. He claims that it'll be perfectly safe as soon as it rains and the 
pellets dissolve; is this true? I was always under the impression that the 
fertilizer was absorbed by the soil and then sucked up by the growing grass, 
which would mean that any grass that's in that area would be poisonous to eat.

Can anyone clarify which of us is correct? I'm not sure what I can do about it 
if I'm right, short of having to go out with Basil every single time he goes out 
to make sure that he doesn't attempt to graze. And how long would it be before 
the fertilized grass "grows out"? 

Thanks,

Esther and Basil (who will be missing his daily trips to the salad bar...)
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