Some of you may find this article interesting!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1105-antifreeze_for_your_plants.htm
Interesting article for zone pushers?
Thanks for bringing this to our attention! :)
The man who wrote this: http://books.google.com/books?id=n_iE35KGmGEC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=doctor+francko&source=bl&ots=ws0a9IbXXB&sig=pOkAbT5AigyBV-vuAB3IsyXga_g&hl=en&ei=mJCxSbLfFtWDtwe719DEBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPP1,M1 His book is almost required reading for zone pushers. :)
Brilliant news.
More: http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/jul08/spray070808.htm
Also, information about when it may be coming to market:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=freeze+pruf
These folks are my heroes. :)
-Joe
This message was edited Mar 6, 2009 4:12 PM
Although I didnt read the entire article, did it say anything about dogs eating the plants?? I do know that dogs are drawn to anti-freeze.. Just something I thought of reading a brief bit of the article. Any thoughts on that? I remember when cocoa mulch was a good idea until it was found to be killing dogs that ate it?
Christine
I tried googling to see if I could find a list of ingredients--all it says is that there's something that works like antifreeze...but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the same chemical. Unfortunately unless someone has access to an ingredient list it's impossible to guess whether the ingredients are problematic or not.
great news for me! I'm a zone pusher.... it doesn't say when it's going to be available.
This message was edited Mar 11, 2009 8:56 AM
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this info. ;-)
Signed,
Fellow Zone Pusher
My article about this - March 14, 2009 - right here at Dave's Garden:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2332/
LariAnn
I know it's only been a few weeks since your article so maybe there's no new news on this--but do you know if it'll be released in time for next winter? I'm excited about this, I have too many things to fit in my greenhouse and I end up losing a few things every winter because I can't squeeze them in so this could be my backup protection!