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Proper Planting Tips

WRVO | By Jim Sollecito
Published September 1, 2012 at 1:40 PM EDT

Are you developing a chemical dependency as you manage your landscape?  After killing weeds with herbicides, do you try to kill them AGAIN with a second application?  Friend, it is time to enter rehab.  Jim has some tips to help you avoid putting your plantings in harms way in the first place.
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