Help please

Redbaron · June 30, 2013

My neighbor just sprayed Weed B Gone Max .10% Quinclorac, .22% MCPP-p, .12% 2,4-D, .05% Dicamba with the wind blowing directly at my tomatoes 8 feet away.

Is there anything I can do to limit the contamination or effects?

dipchip2000 · June 30, 2013

Drench with water and lots of it

ron

Ed of Somis · June 30, 2013

have a talk with your neighbor.....

efisakov · June 30, 2013

do both

efisakov · June 30, 2013

give the nabor some present with %

Redbaron · June 30, 2013

Took all your advises. Sprinkler is running. Gave them some peppers broccoli and cilantro. Kept it friendly. As long as my tomatoes survive I even may have a new customer.

Having went inside and read the label, she even came back out and said she would shower her young child who was playing in the grass as she sprayed. And herself too.

Hopefully mission accomplished.

efisakov · June 30, 2013

Hope, they understood, and learned the basics of life...

KarenO · June 30, 2013

yes, diluting and rinsing off the plants with copious water will help. good for you for staying calm and cool with the dimwitted neighbor. holy moly.
I really hope the damage is minimal to your garden
Karen

Redbaron · June 30, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenO

yes, diluting and rinsing off the plants with copious water will help. good for you for staying calm and cool with the dimwitted neighbor. holy moly.
I really hope the damage is minimal to your garden
Karen

Calm cool?

No way. I freaked. But I came inside to calm down. Then didn't go back out until I was sure I could hide my true feelings. Having a plan of action from you guys helped a lot. Even if it doesn't work, just having a way to deal with it calmed my nerves a lot.

Thanks.

Ken4230 · July 1, 2013

Don't be shocked if your tomato plants start to look like the forest that the evil witch lives in. I sprayed mine years ago from right at 70 yards in about a 10 MPH wind.
It was scary with all the twists and curls and the bumps all over the stems, but i let them grow out just to see what would happen. 75% or so survived and produced tomatoes. I tasted a couple just for my own information and couldn't tell much difference. I planted new ones for the wife and kids and threw the 2-4,D ones away later.

Keep watering them to the point of saturation and then water them again. If i remember right, the ones closest to the hydrant and that i watered the most seemed to have less damage. I think you should get some large suckers and be ready to replant just in case. I still use 15-20 gal. of 2-4,D a year, but never anywhere near my garden.
A plant pathologist once told me that comparing 2-4,D exposure to Roundup exposure was the equivalent of smoking 8 cigarettes instead of 1.

Good luck and i said a short prayer for you.

Ken

Redbaron · July 1, 2013

Ken,
How long before I know?

clkeiper · July 1, 2013

Do you think spraying with some soapy water would help? I agree with copious amounts of water, but maybe soapy water will help to wash away the spray, too. Good luck, my heart goes out to you. I am shaking my head that the person would be so ignorant as to not even read the label AND let her child PLAY in the yard as she was spraying it. duh!

Crandrew · July 1, 2013

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Originally Posted by Redbaron

Having went inside and read the label, she even came back out and said she would shower her young child who was playing in the grass as she sprayed. And herself too.

Hopefully mission accomplished.

People wow.

Glad you were able to address the situation!

Deborah · July 1, 2013

I can't imagine using poisons indoors or out with kids around. Because I have two cats and two rabbits I actually close the windows when leaf blowers are being used and worse, while somebody has pest control guys spraying around their houses.

Ken4230 · July 2, 2013

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Originally Posted by Redbaron

Ken,
How long before I know?

I was using the maximum rated amount in very hot weather so i could begin to see damage by the next afternoon. The leaves started to curl and the young suckers and new growth started twisting.
Within three or four days, they looked like something from outer space. I had to call our UK Experimental Farm to confirm that 2.4,D was responsible. In my experience, 2.4,D is more effective in extremely hot and humid conditions.
I usually wait until the temp. gets in the high 90's to spray. This allows me to use less chemical, which is a good thing both economically and environmentally.

You may be in the clear if you haven't seen ANY signs of damage yet. I hope so. I enjoy reading your posts. Sometimes i think you are T'ville's Don Quixote. Keep it up because what you are attempting to do is more than a full time job and someone has to do it.

June 30, 2013	#1
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Help please My neighbor just sprayed Weed B Gone Max .10% Quinclorac, .22% MCPP-p, .12% 2,4-D, .05% Dicamba with the wind blowing directly at my tomatoes 8 feet away. Is there anything I can do to limit the contamination or effects? __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

June 30, 2013	#4
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	do both __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

June 30, 2013	#5
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	give the nabor some present with % __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

June 30, 2013	#6
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Took all your advises. Sprinkler is running. Gave them some peppers broccoli and cilantro. Kept it friendly. As long as my tomatoes survive I even may have a new customer. Having went inside and read the label, she even came back out and said she would shower her young child who was playing in the grass as she sprayed. And herself too. Hopefully mission accomplished. __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture Last edited by Redbaron; June 30, 2013 at 09:22 PM.

June 30, 2013	#7
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Hope, they understood, and learned the basics of life... __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

June 30, 2013	#2
dipchip2000 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma Posts: 664	Drench with water and lots of it ron

June 30, 2013	#3
Ed of Somis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somis, Ca Posts: 649	have a talk with your neighbor.....

June 30, 2013	#8
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,925	yes, diluting and rinsing off the plants with copious water will help. good for you for staying calm and cool with the dimwitted neighbor. holy moly. I really hope the damage is minimal to your garden Karen

July 1, 2013	#10
Ken4230 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Western Ky Posts: 282	Don't be shocked if your tomato plants start to look like the forest that the evil witch lives in. I sprayed mine years ago from right at 70 yards in about a 10 MPH wind. It was scary with all the twists and curls and the bumps all over the stems, but i let them grow out just to see what would happen. 75% or so survived and produced tomatoes. I tasted a couple just for my own information and couldn't tell much difference. I planted new ones for the wife and kids and threw the 2-4,D ones away later. Keep watering them to the point of saturation and then water them again. If i remember right, the ones closest to the hydrant and that i watered the most seemed to have less damage. I think you should get some large suckers and be ready to replant just in case. I still use 15-20 gal. of 2-4,D a year, but never anywhere near my garden. A plant pathologist once told me that comparing 2-4,D exposure to Roundup exposure was the equivalent of smoking 8 cigarettes instead of 1. Good luck and i said a short prayer for you. Ken

July 1, 2013	#11
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Ken, How long before I know? __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

July 1, 2013	#12
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Do you think spraying with some soapy water would help? I agree with copious amounts of water, but maybe soapy water will help to wash away the spray, too. Good luck, my heart goes out to you. I am shaking my head that the person would be so ignorant as to not even read the label AND let her child PLAY in the yard as she was spraying it. duh! __________________ carolyn k

July 1, 2013	#14
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	I can't imagine using poisons indoors or out with kids around. Because I have two cats and two rabbits I actually close the windows when leaf blowers are being used and worse, while somebody has pest control guys spraying around their houses.