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STAMFORD CT

On the windy day of June 4th my neighbors lawn was sprayed with "Weed and Feed".....I was tending to my plants as the lawn service guy walked around spraying the lawn (8 ft next to my patch) with a nozzled hose spray similar to the force of pressure washer...the fumes were very potent...now all new developing leaves are deformed and refusing to open...the vines are growing quite well...but no leaves will open up as the should....will the herbicide continue to travel to all new growth and stunt it? Will it dissipate in strenght?
I have been giving them addition fish and kelp and water hoping to flush the toxins out of their systems....but I just don"t know how to deal with this...Any advise will be greatly appreciated....

6/26/2010 6:30:26 PM

Massillon, Ohio

I'd like to hear good advice too because I lost a whole season and a whole patch to the same problem. Vines seemed to kick out of it but I could never set a fruit to save my life. My heart is breaking for you but my fingers are crossed you have a different fate than I did.

~christy

6/26/2010 8:30:48 PM

Belgium

giving more water has the opposit effect, if it's only a contact herbecide it isn't that bad, and aditionol shot of Nitrogen will guve the plant a boost to grow out of it.
......but if it's an herbecide that travels along with the leaves and roots, it could take a bit longer.
I got that alot here when the next door farmer is spraying his corn for weeds. I use some epson salt to give it a boost and a shot of phosphor.

if the plant is strong enough, the herbecide won't continue to travel trough the system.
this is just what I did and it seemed to work for me the last years, just my thought about the subject.

6/27/2010 1:30:17 AM

[email protected]

Sounds like real drift occurred. I'm sorry to hear of this.
Who was the service? Chances are I know them.

Regardless we have a neighbor notification program in CT. If you want to be on it, let me know.

6/27/2010 4:37:52 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

I'm pretty sure one of my plants was hit with some sort of drift a few years ago..You can check out my Diary from 2007.I thought it was some sort of disease at the time. I would cut off any of the curled leaves and see what the new growth looks like. I ended up pulling my plant..Good luck

6/27/2010 6:54:23 PM

Navarre,OH

What does epson salt do for plants?

6/27/2010 8:47:03 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

It adds magnesium.

6/27/2010 9:12:13 PM

Navarre,OH

How is this added? Sprinkled around the bottom and watered in or applied foliar?

6/27/2010 11:27:35 PM

STAMFORD CT

Thanks to all for your information. Steve, I'll send you the culprits name privately. I'd love to be on the notification list....more importantly I need to be on the DO NOT EVER SPRAY THOSE CHEMICALS NEAR MY PLANTS AGAIN LIST..Is there a way to do that, or do I just have to be
carrying a baseball bat the next time he shows up?

6/29/2010 10:34:10 AM

STAMFORD CT

What would you do to make sure your plants were not destroyed again ?

7/3/2010 11:49:21 PM