Customer Reviews

Weeds: Control Without Poisons

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I was really excited when I first started to read this book. The first few chapters are great -- there is a lot of detail about what situations cause what weeds. However, most of the rest of the book deals with the evils of 2-4, D, chemical company conspiracies, and other rhetoric. I feel that the title is a bit misleading . . . very little reference to actually getting rid of the weeds. There is a nice compedium of weeds in the back--which might be useful if you don't already have one (I do.)Overall, I think this book focuses too much on the author's ideals and too little actual what we can do to improve our situation. Not to mention it contradicts other ACRES publications (ex. Hands On Agronomy is a proponet of deep tillage but WCWP is against.) I am still looking for a practical organic weed control manual if anyone has any suggestions.

I had my weeds identified at the local Ag office and only 1 was in the book and Mr Walters never said how to or what to do to control it w/o poison, plus it was not written in laymans language.There was very little reference to any other weeds and how to control them w/o poisons.

Charles' cure for dandelions worked 100% for my mainly clay soil lawn. I have tried all sorts of petro chem solutions with mediocre results, but Charles' statement about the lack of calcium in the top soil and his advice to use gypsum to admend it worked like a champ and it keeps on working. I have even recommended this to other people who have the same problem, when they tried it it worked just as well for them too.

A very good book extremely informative to bad it focusses on North America only. The author could have included an index of other continents for the species for the less educated of us.

Charles Walters definitely knows what he is talking about- he shares his firsthand experience in a friendly, easy to read way.

Concise, well written, informative. Lots of applicable information. Will make use of many of the ideas presented within.