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From my time in the suburbs, people spray weed killer and similar chemicals throughout the spring and summer and into the fall. Of course each individual is dif
by ericmay 4y ago
From my time in the suburbs, people spray weed killer and similar chemicals throughout the spring and summer and into the fall. Of course each individual is different. We never sprayed and just let them grow and mowed them down and then pulled them out of flower beds.
You can also verify that these are used extensively by looking at the number of products sold for this purpose at national hardware retailers.
But this is just one issue among many. Lawns are de facto desert areas.
- nightski 4y agoThere are so many products because people are ignorant and just want an easy fix. It's pure laziness and has nothing to do with having a healthy lawn. There's a lot of money in laziness :) A healthy lawn really doesn't require that much from a chemical standpoint, but it take effort to figure out what it needs and you have to do things at the right time. In fact, the healthier the lawn the less weed killers you need because a thick lawn is a poor environment for weeds. Lots of people blanket apply fertilizers too. But in reality a quick test of the soil can tell you exactly what is out of balance and if you need that fertilizer application at all.
- ericmay 4y agoI definitely agree with you there, but even a healthy lawn is still a lawn, which is still a bit of a problem. Outside of insects in the ground not much can live there. You need a variety of bushes, trees, herbs, flowers, and other types of plants to create a healthy ecosystem there. A lawn simply can't provide that.
- denimnerd42 4y agothat’s the historical point of a lawn. no one wants pests near their home.
- ericmay 4y agoYea but now we can see the ecological impact of tens (hundreds?) of millions of people doing that and it doesn’t work.