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Q&A - Can you use a pre-emerge in a vegetable garden?

Question:
Can you use a pre-emerge in a vegetable garden?

Answer:
A pre-emergent is a herbicide that causes plants to die as they germinate. Corn Gluten is the only kind of pre-emergent herbicide that can be used with any vegetable. Other pre- emergents can be used on certain kinds of vegetables but not others. They are designed to kill a kind of plant. If the pre-emergent does not specifically list the kind of plant you want to use it with it will kill it.

Mike Dennison referenced the UT Extension publication Common Herbicides for Fruit and Vegetable Weed Control

Related Resources:
Grow a Garden Without Weeds
Weed Control for the Garden and Landscape

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