Oberon46 said:Caroline, wouldn't the spray get into the soil and hurt the surrounding plants. I used Preen this year and I should have repreened every two weeks. I am neck deep in weeds. Drat
I used spray in several flower and my vegetable garden and If you are careful, bend over as close as you can and just spray a certain plant or area, no you should not have problems.
I sprayed inches away from tomato plants with no ill effect and bushes and even peonies are quite tough.
If you get overspray on peonies in spring you will see the effects but it will not permanently hurt the plant.
I purposely spray part of one peony that was getting to large and the part I sprayed showed the twisted stems that come from chemical over-spray but the next year it was bigger than ever.
For chickweed get a dedicated chickweed killer.
I spray that in my veg. garden often as I had a massive infestation and as I said just get down and control the spray and it will not harm the garden.
