Help Accidentally Used Organic Weed Spray by Yates!

DEvok on 21/04/2017 - 21:46
Last edited 21/04/2017 - 21:47

I accidentally sprayed a lot of Yates organic weed killer instead of insect spray onto my strawberry plant the leaves seems to be going thin and brown, how can I stop this? Also the friuits are becoming soft!? I managed to wash off the stuff with some water but under the plant most of the leaves are dead, it's been couple of hours till I found out!

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    • PVA on 21/04/2017 - 22:20
      +2

      i've used that undeadner a heap of times.
      I usually forget to water pot-plants and they are all dry and brown. water some undeadner in and a few days later they are all green again.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 08:58
      +5

      https://www.bunnings.com.au/650mL-yates-plant-undeadener_p42…

      Yates - A division of the Umbrella Corporation.

    • ps3_andy on 23/04/2017 - 15:08

      ah titties, you got me you sly son of a bitch.

  • supnigs super skids on 21/04/2017 - 22:19
    +12

    Sorry but it's dead. No undoing

    • scrimshaw on 21/04/2017 - 22:51
      +4

      The strawberries will rise as Undead Strawberryman and throttle you in your sleep as revenge.

      Serious OP, you cannot remove the chemicals from the plant once it's absorbed it. The leaves absorb the chemicals and the chemicals start doing it's work once it enters the sap stream. Looking at type of weed killer you used, according to Yates' website it's non selective meaning it destroys anything it touches.

  • DEvok on 21/04/2017 - 22:59
    +15

    Na serious guys it's first time Iv successfully grown something and successfully killed it as well.

    • supnigs super skids on 21/04/2017 - 23:06

      It's dead. The chemicals in it attacks the plants photo systhisis ability. This starves it if live and it is dead. It's like popping cherries. Once popped it cannot be unpopped..

    • PVA on 21/04/2017 - 23:40
      +1

      Sorry mate, there's no saving it.
      What you did is all you can do to help, wash it with water… but if it's dying already it's too late.
      Head to Bunnings and buy some more plants.

      And mark the weed killer with a big x or a tag so you won't grab it by accident again.

      • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 09:03
        +15

        Should've gone to Specsavers.

    • PJC on 22/04/2017 - 00:39
      +3

      Should we now pray to you?

    • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 09:03
      +3

      Na serious guys it's first time Iv successfully grown something and successfully killed it as well.

      Congratulations!

  • brokeunistudent on 22/04/2017 - 00:33
    +3

    Where is jv when we need her the most?

    • Wystri Warrick on 22/04/2017 - 00:57

      Isn't jv a he? In one of its posts it says "my wife"? Can't remember where though.

      • [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 02:05
        +10

        this is the internet, you can be anyone or anything.
        im a transgender-straight-ferret-bear

        • mskeggs on 22/04/2017 - 09:37
          +9

          im a transgender-straight-ferret-bear

          Explains a lot actually

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          I'm a dyslexic dog!

        • PJC on 22/04/2017 - 11:43
          +3

          @mskeggs: Not quite, I still don't understand the ferret part.

      • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 09:04
        +1

        Isn't jv a he? In one of its posts it says "my wife"?

        So…?

        • Wystri Warrick on 22/04/2017 - 11:45

          The great mystery of jv dear Watson

      • Baebs on 22/04/2017 - 11:01
        -3

        The joke ===============>
        Your head

      • gimli on 23/04/2017 - 15:52
        +1

        there are three people who essentially post 90+% of comments as JV. 2 are shes 1 is a he.

        I think there is 1 more who posts occasionally, who I'm not sure about.

  • [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 02:05
    +3

    dead m8 sorry.
    time to goto woolies and buy some, which were picked by the last group of 457 visa holders in AUS

  • [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 07:14
    +8

    You can't eat the fruit anyway. Just because the weed killer is organic doesn't mean it's edible. Start again.

  • DEvok on 22/04/2017 - 08:24
    +1

    Update: 8hours ago rinsed the plant heaps with water and added heaps plant food which is soil conditioner that also has nitrogen. The plant seems to be struggling but getting by,

    Parts of the leaves seem to be getting weak with black parts and breaking off.

    https://imageshack.com/i/poiB6rnYj

    https://imageshack.com/i/pmfFz4Etj

    • jelko on 22/04/2017 - 11:51

      Just buy your strawberries from the supermarket like everybody else does. Why are you so attached to a plant?

      Just plant another one if you want home grown food.

      • Miss B on 23/04/2017 - 15:17

        Strawberries from the supermarket are horrid. My understanding is they're picked too early. Very sour, lots of green bits. Unfortunately around me there doesn't seem to be anywhere to buy decent strawberries. Still, there may be some other strawberry supplier somewhere near OP. Maybe someone else growing strawberries in their yard, who didn't kill theirs, that OP can borrow some from. Or perhaps a fruit shop or market that sells okay ones.

        • Hirolol on 23/04/2017 - 16:36

          I've had some from the supermarket that taste fine

    • Savas on 22/04/2017 - 12:28
      +1

      They look fine, great work!

    • PVA on 22/04/2017 - 12:52
      +2

      It doesn't look as bad as you described. Looks ok to me.
      But buy another plant and put it in a seperate pot. That way you have one if it dies or even better if it survives you have a mini strawberry farm.

    • Hirolol on 23/04/2017 - 16:39
      +2

      I think that stuff takes a lot longer to turn the leaves green than 8 hours.

      You shoulda changed their soil straight away but I guess that's too late.

      Maybe water the (profanity) out of them

  • Savas on 22/04/2017 - 12:27
    +2

    OP do you have children?

  • CandyMan on 22/04/2017 - 13:43

    Theres an app for that
    http://www.myemergencydr.com/?gclid=CMS5guWSt9MCFYYIKgodzX0L…

  • try2bhelpful on 22/04/2017 - 15:45

    My cat loves it when I put in a new plant - the "dug over" dirt makes it much easier for her to dig her hole. The strawberries get covered in dirt and I'm not sure I want to eat them after that anyway. However, it does provide the plant with some additional fertilizer.

    • Hirolol on 23/04/2017 - 16:40

      Bit of extra flavour lulz

      • try2bhelpful on 23/04/2017 - 17:12

        Can't see it replacing strawberries and cream at Wimbledon.

  • msmhw on 23/04/2017 - 15:05
    +2

    Press Ctrl Z until you reach previous stage!

    • iDroid on 23/04/2017 - 16:33
      +4

      This is ozbargain, so he's obviously running the 'free' version which does not have undo, that's a paid version feature!

  • iDroid on 23/04/2017 - 17:08
    +3

    Yeah, I "Accidentally Used Organic Weed" once too.. oh wait, yeah that's different… sorry.

  • alxr0101 on 23/04/2017 - 22:51

    He's dead Jim.

  • noz on 23/04/2017 - 23:14

    I wouldn't feel so bad about a strawberry plant.
    I know someone who thought they were using "Weed and Feed" on a large area of relatively new lawn. They were actually using Glyphosate. Lawn went from lush green to brown in no time.

  • spacemansparrow on 23/04/2017 - 23:26
    +1

    Even if you could/did save the plant- I don't know if that would really be safe to eat

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