Chemical List
The following is a list of acceptable products for use in the organic community gardens:
- Bt, m Track, MVP
- ESPOMA (Garden-tone, Tomato-tone, Flower-tone, etc.)
- NEEM
- Insecticidal soaps
- Pyrethrum
- Summer Oil
- Seaweed/fish preparations
- Garlic, hot pepper, “kitchen” mixes
- PRO GRO
- Diatomaceous earth
- Sluggo
- Sulfur
- Wood ash
- Aged manures (non carnivorous)
- Organic compost (Coast of Maine, etc.)
- Rock powders (lime, rock phosphate, greensand, granite dust)
- Liquids may be applied by handheld trigger spray bottle only
The following is a list of unacceptable products for use in the organic community gardens:
- Green manure
- Time released fertilizers: Miracle Gro, Miracid, Peters, Osmocote, etc.
- 5-20-5, 5-10-10 and variations
- Rotenone
- Sevin or Eight
- Diazonin
- Malathion
- Methoxychlor
- Commercial Slug baits
- Sabadilla
- Copper
- Chemical formulations
- Weed preventatives: Preen, RoundUp, etc.
If you are interested in using a product that is not on either list, and you are unsure about it, please ask your Community Garden liaison.