The IV Organics 3 in 1 ready to use spray
http://ivorganics.com/product/3-in-1-plant-guard-spray-bottle/
Description
The Only Organic & Effective Time Release Plant Guard Defense With 7 Natural Oils! IV Organic 3-in-1 Plant Guard Spray Bottle is an organic, non-toxic, environmentally safe product. SUNBURN * SUNSCALD * INSECTS * RODENTS * AND MORE! PROTECT NEWLY INSTALLED PLANTS & TREES. SHIELDS PRUNED & DAMAGED SURFACES. The Only Organic & Effective Time Release Plant Guard Defense With 7 Natural Oils! IV Organic 3-in-1 Plant Guard for trees and shrubs. Used by home gardeners and orchard growers to protect tree trunks, branches and leaves from sunburn (summer), sunscald (winter), repel insects and rodents. This product is non-toxic, environmentally safe & organic. Protect newly installed plants and trees that are especially susceptible to excess sunlight & damage caused by insects. Coat all exposed leaves, branches and trunks to prevent sun stress and sunburn, especially at times of extreme heat. FIRST DEFENSE: Provides a shield against the suns harmful rays that cause sunburn during the hottest summers days– as well as sunscald which is caused when the temperature abruptly rises too high during the cold winter months. Both Sunburn and Sunscald cause the tree’s bark to crack and/ or die– resulting in additional stress which get compounded by insects and parasites that enter the barkless wood. SECOND DEFENSE: Provides a shield against beetles, termites and other wood boring insects. This product contains 7 natural oils that are time released over several months offering your coated plants protection from hundreds of types of insects that are repelled by the scents of garlic, rosemary, peppermint, cedarwood, clove, cinnimon and castor. THIRD DEFENSE: Provides a shield against rodents; such as rats, moles, voles, gophers and rabbits that may gnaw on the tree’s bark. This product contains castor oil, which comes from the Castor Tree Seed, and naturally makes everything coated with this product taste horrible! This product when applied to your prized trees should repel most rodents.
Protect plants from sun stress, plus protection from insects & rodents.
Ideal foliar spray on your newly installed vegetables, flowers and trees.
Spray leaves, branches and trunks in advance of heatwaves. And so much more!
S2E19 Weeding your garden, chemicals not to use in the garden, Marisa McClellan TWVG radio show
Topics: Joey and Holly talk about weeding your garden so there are fewer weeds next time, four chemicals people use in their garden that Joey and Holly do not recommend you use. their guest Marisa McClellan of http://foodinjars.com/
Weeding
Root removal – use biosafe – how weeds propagate – black plastic – do a section at a time not to be overwhelmed – let some weeds stay (aphids) – make sure you’re pulling weeds and not plants –
4 chemicals gardeners use we do not recommend
KNOW THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT!
Sevin – powder for bugs – can cause problems if inhaled or swallowed – convuslions, coma, etc. cause skin problems if in contact with skin – harmful to pets
Preen – Trifluralin is a commonly used pre-emergence herbicide – harmful to aquatic life
Sethoxydim is a selective herbicide that will kill only grassy-type weeds
Round up – glyphosate
Biosafe – Ammonium nonanoate is a nonsystemic, broad-spectrum contact herbicide that has no soil activity – water soluable – Ammonium nonanoate is made from ammonia and nonanoic acid, a carboxylic acid widely distributed in nature, mainly as derivatives (esters) in such foods as apples, grapes, cheese, milk, rice, beans, oranges, and potatoes and in many other nonfood sources.
Marisa McClellan is a full-time food writer and canning teacher, and is the voice behind Food in Jars. She is the author of 3 canning related books and soon another one. And 2 of her recipes won me awards in the WI state fair canning competition.
1.You do a lot of small batch canning – there seems to be a misconception you have to can in large amounts – tell us more about small batch canning?
2.Many people may think you have a large garden or on a small hobby farm as a food preserver, but you are not, tell us about where you live, doing all of this canning?
3.How did you get into canning?
4.When you teach classes – what is a common question youre asked and the solution?
5.How do you avoid canning burnout?
6.How do people find out more about you and your book?
The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener 