Corn Gluten Herbicide --- A ProPac Product

Orland's Safe-T-Weed is a preemergence organic corn gluten herbicide that kills the tiny feeder roots of sprouting seeds but does not harm established plants or vegetable and flower sprouts that have true leaves.

Safe! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found Orland's Safe-T-Weed so friendly to the environment that it is exempted from EPA herbicide regulations. Used as directed, children or pets can play on treated areas immediately after application and Safe-T-Weed will not harm beneficial insects, soil organisms or pond or stream life!

Effective! Orland's Safe-T-Weed is effective against common lawn and garden weeds, including:

Convienient! Safe-T-Weed is available in 5-pound recyclable shaker-cup jugs and in 25- and 50- pound bags.

Easy to apply! Safe-T-Weed is easy to spread using the shaker cap or a can or cup for small areas, a spreader for lawns.

Economical! One pound treats 50 square feet of flowerbed, garden or lawn.

Apply 1 pound per 50 square feet.

Sprinkle Safe-T-Weed around bedding plants, including vegetables and flowers, roses and shrubs. Rake lightly into the soil, sprinkle to moisten the top 1 to 2 inches and let dry for 2 or 3 days.

Orland's Safe-T-Weed does not appear to affect bulbs.

Apply 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet.

To control crabgrass and other spring-germinating weeds, apply when forsythia at least 15 feet from foundations begin to bloom, or when crocuses have finished blooming and the first dandelions or jonquils begin to bloom.

For preemergence control of dandelions and other fall-germinating weeds, apply following the hot, dry, stress period of midsummer, usually form mid-August to mid-September. Rains normally provide adequate moisture for Safe-T-Weed. If you water, water deeply and infrequently, allowing soil surface to dry. Safe-T-Weed is not recommended where automatic sprinkler systems keep the soil surface continuously wet.

Don not use Safe-T-Weed on grass recently seeded, but apply with confidence any time after the first mowing. While Safe-T-Weed controls sprouting weed seeds, it does not control established perennial weeds such as dandelions. If you use Safe-T-Weed to control sprouting weed seeds year after year you can expect in time to see your lawn weed population diminish.

Orland's Safe-T-Weed, a development of Iowa State University research, is manufactured and distributed under licensing agreement by Manning Agriculture Center, Inc., Manning, Iowa 51455. It is named for Orland Fara, a lifelong weed-hater, who manages the Fara Family's farms and the Agriculture Center.

Safe-T-Weed's active ingredient is 100% processed corn gluten meal, a natural product.

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