Neighbor's use of pesticide on his lawn - effect on my herb/veggie garden?

[Anonymous]

If my neighbor's lawn has a little yellow flag saying caution/pesticide has been applied, does that mean I can no longer use the herbs, kale and spinach that I am growing at my house? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Did they spray the pesticide on your garden? If not, then they're fine to eat.

[Anonymous]

You should be washing your vegetables anyway, so no even if some of the chemicals migrated to your garden you'll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Are you up hill or down hill from your neighbor? Where does his water run off go?

[Anonymous]

i have no reason to think they sprayed pesticide on my garden - but parts of their lawn are only 4 feet or so from the herbs alongside my house.

I do wash the herbs & veggies, and the lawn is slightly downhill from us. So it sounds like we're safe.

Thanks for all the responses - I really appreciate it!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't think it safe. The pesticides are sprayed. 4 feet away is 4 feet away. Didn't have to be directly sprayed on your plants.

[Anonymous]

If they didn't spray on your garden it's find on the other hand if they did it will help keep the bugs away and protect your plants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they didn't spray on your garden it's find on the other hand if they did it will help keep the bugs away and protect your plants.

No, it won't.

But you're ok, OP. Wash your vegetables. And maybe try to find out exactly what the lawn got sprayed with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't think it safe. The pesticides are sprayed. 4 feet away is 4 feet away. Didn't have to be directly sprayed on your plants.

+1

Plenty of federal agencies are more than willing to come out and test your soil. There are certain chemicals forbidden, so if one of those chemicals are found on your property, "mistake" or otherwise, the LEAST of that neighbors problems will be weeds, certainly. If you choose to pursue action, you will have to then choose if you want to pursue the matter entirely, which may get your neighbor in a TON of trouble. Your call. It may not hurt to have the preliminaries done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't think it safe. The pesticides are sprayed. 4 feet away is 4 feet away. Didn't have to be directly sprayed on your plants.

+1

Plenty of federal agencies are more than willing to come out and test your soil. There are certain chemicals forbidden, so if one of those chemicals are found on your property, "mistake" or otherwise, the LEAST of that neighbors problems will be weeds, certainly. If you choose to pursue action, you will have to then choose if you want to pursue the matter entirely, which may get your neighbor in a TON of trouble. Your call. It may not hurt to have the preliminaries done.

WTF? Presumably anything the neighbor would apply from Home Depot or a professional company would be legal. Complete over reaction PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't think it safe. The pesticides are sprayed. 4 feet away is 4 feet away. Didn't have to be directly sprayed on your plants.

+1

Plenty of federal agencies are more than willing to come out and test your soil. There are certain chemicals forbidden, so if one of those chemicals are found on your property, "mistake" or otherwise, the LEAST of that neighbors problems will be weeds, certainly. If you choose to pursue action, you will have to then choose if you want to pursue the matter entirely, which may get your neighbor in a TON of trouble. Your call. It may not hurt to have the preliminaries done.

WTF? Presumably anything the neighbor would apply from Home Depot or a professional company would be legal. Complete over reaction PP.

Not necessarily. There are departments set up exactly for this. The soil can easily be tested, even after rain.

[Anonymous]

It depends on how the pesticides where applied. If they used a fogger, it does not stop at the property line. It would depend on wind conditions and how aggressively the person sprayed. if it is a lawn application in granular form, maybe 4-6 feet past the application area and all of the run off from the lawn.

[Anonymous]

OP, you should talk to you neighbor and explain the problem. He's spraying pesticides on your food and really, he doesn't need to be spraying pesticides anyway. What is he trying to kill?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you should talk to you neighbor and explain the problem. He's spraying pesticides on your food and really, he doesn't need to be spraying pesticides anyway. What is he trying to kill?

Pests. Just a guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you should talk to you neighbor and explain the problem. He's spraying pesticides on your food and really, he doesn't need to be spraying pesticides anyway. What is he trying to kill?

Pests. Just a guess.

Some people are really ignorant when it comes to applying poisons. Pesticides can kill beneficial microbes in the soil that keep your plants healthy, and insects such as lady bugs and preying mantises that naturally eat pest insects and their eggs. Without careful training, you are likely to apply pesticides on so-called pests (insects that aren't doing any harm) and in the process destroy the natural fertility of your soil.