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OK... I haven't lost my cool yet but I'm close.. Sunday I see my neighbor ( who doesn't care for my garden.. he goes in for the manicured grass) walking around with his hand held sprayer spot spraying weeds. Monday my loaded tomato plants are wilted. Today they are brown. Looks a lot like Roundup to me. There was negligible wind that day and he was holding the spray wand down close to the ground. There should not have been any drift.
I appreciate any feedback here. I am not happy...
I appreciate any feedback here. I am not happy...

sceleste54-
Posts : 383
Join date : 2010-04-08
Location : Florida Panhandle
Re: Herbicide
You think it was sabbatoge?
middlemamma-
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Posts : 2260
Join date : 2010-04-25
Location : Idaho Panhandle
Re: Herbicide
Oh sceleste, how awful.
I don't know what to say.
I don't know what to say.
Furbalsmom-
Posts : 3141
Join date : 2010-06-10
Age : 73
Location : Coastal Oregon, Zone 9a, Heat Zone 2 :(
Re: Herbicide
Well.. here's an update.. So far the only plants affected are the tomatos, and the parts of the plants farthest away from his side of the yard are still green and upright. So I'm thinking (hoping) that this was just drift and not deliberate. I really hope it doesn't happen again.
If it does I might be forced to put up some really tacky plastic curtain to keep his toxic chemicals out !! 


sceleste54-
Posts : 383
Join date : 2010-04-08
Location : Florida Panhandle
Re: Herbicide
Can you ask your neighbor to alert you next time before he/she sprays so you can cover you nearby plantings?
shannon1- Posts : 1697
Join date : 2011-04-01
Location : zone 9a St.Johns county FL
Re: Herbicide
I had this problem with a farmer was spraying a soybean field. It's at least 400 yards away, but I guess the wind was just right... My plants did come back. I was very surprised, because they were very droopy for a week.
Squat_Johnson-
Posts : 440
Join date : 2010-05-25
Location : Beaver Dam, Kentucky, zone 6a
Re: Herbicide
Shannon, this guy made some tacky comments when my husband was constructing the boxes. He obviously didn't like them, altho the boxes look just like a lot of others in the area that are planted with shrubs and flowers. He goes in for the manicured grass look. I've shared veggies with them, thinking that was the best way to stave off any complaints. I saw him spot spraying, there just wasn't any need for spraying near my beds.
Squat, I'm hoping thats what happens here.. I still have some green on the plant portions that are farthest away from his yard.
I'm thinking maybe next season I will plant a snap-pea "curtain" between my veggies and his grass...
Squat, I'm hoping thats what happens here.. I still have some green on the plant portions that are farthest away from his yard.
I'm thinking maybe next season I will plant a snap-pea "curtain" between my veggies and his grass...

sceleste54-
Posts : 383
Join date : 2010-04-08
Location : Florida Panhandle
Re: Herbicide
People are strange.
shannon1- Posts : 1697
Join date : 2011-04-01
Location : zone 9a St.Johns county FL
Re: Herbicide
Well.. I went ahead and pulled up one of the tomato plants today. It didn't have any live leaves left. I cut it back to the first trunk branch and replanted it, we'll see if it puts back out..
sceleste54-
Posts : 383
Join date : 2010-04-08
Location : Florida Panhandle
Re: Herbicide
I would be SO not happy. 
This would be me and my neighbor....

This would be me and my neighbor....

Tril-
Posts : 198
Join date : 2011-04-30
Location : Gardiner, Maine, 5a
Re: Herbicide
Wow. I sure hope it wasn't deliberate. It doesn't sound like it, since it seemed to hit from the side.
It bugs me when people have a problem with you putting in a garden, or doing pretty much anything on you property. It's one thing if you're creating a rat haven, which is a public health issue. It's another thing when you're putting in a garden or a treehouse.

Re: Herbicide
Funnier if you knew my neighbor... he's a single Harley D type. 

Tril-
Posts : 198
Join date : 2011-04-30
Location : Gardiner, Maine, 5a
Re: Herbicide
When he leaves for a day, go dump fertilizer in a pattern on his yard. I know someone in construction that wrote a dirty message in someone's yard with laquer thinner. I'm just kidding of course, but thinking about it may make you feel better.
Re: Herbicide

sceleste54-
Posts : 383
Join date : 2010-04-08
Location : Florida Panhandle
Re: Herbicide
Well as I pulled into the drive after work today, I see my neighbor trotting along the property line
with his broadcast spreader, some kind of granular stuff. He immediately went into his garage and closed the door before I could ask him what he was broadcasting. I really hope my second round of tomato plants don't shrivel up and die !!
with his broadcast spreader, some kind of granular stuff. He immediately went into his garage and closed the door before I could ask him what he was broadcasting. I really hope my second round of tomato plants don't shrivel up and die !!
sceleste54-
Posts : 383
Join date : 2010-04-08
Location : Florida Panhandle
Re: Herbicide
What is his problem with a garden. A garden looks so much nicer than a yard that is just left to grow with weeds and overgrown grass. My neighbour is a young divorced guy who mows the grass once or twice each summer. He has friends over and they sit around in the back yard and leave their beer cans and pizza boxes lying around for weeks at a time. Makes me prefer my neighbour, even if he is a bit of a slob.
Yup! People are weird. And mean sometimes.
Gwynn
Yup! People are weird. And mean sometimes.
Gwynn
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Age : 69
Location : Canada 3b
Re: Herbicide
Good greif, I think he might be a bit 

shannon1- Posts : 1697
Join date : 2011-04-01
Location : zone 9a St.Johns county FL
Herbicide
I think I might check into putting up one of those security surveillance cameras and positioning it to film the garden. Maybe you could rent one temporarily, though I have no idea what it would cost. Then, at least, you'd find out if he's messing around your garden and have the proof if so.
Or maybe you could put a fake one up that he can see and make him think twice about messing with the garden again.

sherryeo-
Posts : 850
Join date : 2011-04-03
Age : 69
Location : Mississippi Gulf Coast Zone 8B
Re: Herbicide
How ridiculous would it be if you had to call the cops over him killing your garden.?
You could have him up on trespassing and vandalism charges.
You could have him up on trespassing and vandalism charges.
dizzygardener-
Posts : 668
Join date : 2011-01-26
Location : WNC 6b
Re: Herbicide
@FarmerValerie wrote:15 to life for veggiecide!

A WEED IS A FLOWER GROWING IN THE WRONG PLACE
Elizabeth City, NC
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walshevak
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Posts : 4371
Join date : 2010-10-17
Age : 78
Location : wilmington, nc zone 8
Herbicide
Hey, I'll bet if the judge has a sfg, he/she would convict in a heartbeat!!!
The perpetrator would be lucky that I wasn't on the jury!

sherryeo-
Posts : 850
Join date : 2011-04-03
Age : 69
Location : Mississippi Gulf Coast Zone 8B
Re: Herbicide
I hope it wasn't intentional.
Garden chemicals can volatize when used in hot weather. I have heard of weedkillers killing vinyards that were some distance away.
Many people don't follow directions on the package.
From http://www.monarchnurseries.com/faq.html: After 85o Round-Up can volatize - turn into a mist and drift onto green vegetation that want
to live. Round-Up is a non selective herbicide which means it kills anything green it comes into contact with.
Garden chemicals can volatize when used in hot weather. I have heard of weedkillers killing vinyards that were some distance away.
Many people don't follow directions on the package.
From http://www.monarchnurseries.com/faq.html: After 85o Round-Up can volatize - turn into a mist and drift onto green vegetation that want
to live. Round-Up is a non selective herbicide which means it kills anything green it comes into contact with.
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