Weeds in lawn

[Dog]

I was told that an effective non-chemical weed killer for lawns
is corn "glue" (gluten???).
Anybody have information on this?
Thanks,
Dog
Say one for the boys over there.

[Pat]

I feed a lot of corn gluten for cattle, both straight and blended with soy hulls and at times poured it on the ground but have never seen it do any weed killing.

Pat

[DocHeb]

There are corn gluten-based seed-sprout inhibitors, but they do nothing for weeds that are already established.

[GaryM]

I put some Preen around my tomato garden last week and no new weeds.

Here's a quote from their website: </font><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr />
Preen Vegetable Garden Weed Preventer contains corn gluten meal. It is an organic by-product of the wet-milling process, and is sold as a feed ingredient for cattle, poultry and other species of livestock. It has been used in fish food for commercial fish production. Corn gluten meal is also a primary component in some dog food products. Corn gluten meal is 60% corn protein, and it is this high level of protein that inhibits the growth of seeds.

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So apparently it does the job. [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]

[Pat]

Yeah, right, I see it all now...I put out corn gluten like mulch and some of my cattle see me do it and as soon as I am out of sight they push the fence over to get at the cattle feed and while they are there they might as well nibble on some of the tender little plants all in a row!

Par

[GaryM]

Pat,

The Preen product is not applied at a very heavy rate. I doubt they could even see the granules. And there seems to be little if any odor.

Which probably means they'd just eat the plants!

[Farmall140]

I did not find the CGM early enough this spring in my area but put it down anyway. It does slowly release nitrogen and you can easily see where I did spread it and places that I missed! I hope to get it down early enough next year to defeat the annual weeds in the grass. Finding this stuff in "feed stores" is a LOT cheaper than the commercial brands that carry it in their products. I think I paid $16 for 50 lb.