Product Review: Nature's Avenger - Organic Weed Killer

By: Brent Wilson - Wilson Bros Nursery

Those of you who know us Wilson brothers know we are always looking for new, cutting edge gardening products that will improve the way we garden and the way we live. Well, after many years of waiting, we've found a truly amazing, fast-acting 100% organic weed killer that will send your weeds to the weed graveyard in a matter of minutes or hours and is safe for use in our vegetable gardens and landscape beds.

Check this out: The images below reflect a test Wilson Bros Nursery conducted at 1 P.M. in the afternoon on 7/10/09. The grassy weed in the images turned completely yellowish brown in under an hour and was dead black within two hours! (And we must confess: we forgot to shake up the bottle.) No other weed killer we've tested - natural or chemical - has even come close to comparing with these results.

Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide won the 2008 Green Thumb Award, is EPA Registered, OMRI Listed and approved for use in Organic Production/Gardening by the USDA NOP. No other herbicide can say that! Nature's Avenger Organic, NICE TO NATURE...NOT TO WEEDS!

• OMRI Listed
• Approved for Use in Organic Production
EPA Registered
• Made with Natural Citrus-Oil
• Fast acting - with visible results in 2 hrs or less!
• As effective as synthetic glysophate-based herbicides
• Highly biodegradable
• Works in cool and cloudy conditions (as low as 40 F)
• Emulsion technology lets you see where you've sprayed.
Sprayed areas can be planted within hours
• Pre-mixed, pre-measured, easy to use spray bottle available
• Mix your own more economiccaly with our 32oz. or 1 gal concentrates
• GRAS (GRAS=Generally Recognized As Safe)
• Natural Fresh Citrus Aroma - does not smell like a chemical!

Where to get Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide?

To test this amazing organic weed killer out for yourself, you can pick up a 24 oz. bottle of Ready-To-Use at Wilson Bros Nursery. After you see how it works you'll be back to get a quart-size bottle of the concentrate. If you don't live near the nursery, call 770-573-1778 to order by phone.

Got weeds in in your landscape beds and friends coming over at 5 P.M.? No problem. Spray those weeds at 3 P.M. and they'll be gone before your guests arrive!

How safe is Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide?

When spraying Nature's Avenger to kill weeds in your garden and landscape beds there's no more worrying about:

• wearing all that protective clothing to keep a harmful chemical from drifting on your skin. Nature's Avenger is non-toxic.
• jumping in the shower to wash chemicals off your body. Nature's Avenger is non-toxic.
• wearing a mask to keep from breathing in a chemical. Nature's Avenger is non-toxic.
• running another separate load of laundry to wash chemicals from your clothing. Nature's Avenger is non-toxic and smells as fresh as any laundry detergent!
• poisoning your children or pets. Nature's Avenger is non-toxic to humans, pets and all wildlife.
• spraying around your garden pond, lake or stream. Nature's Avenger is non-toxic to fish and other forms of aquatic life.
• spraying toxic chemicals in your vegetable garden that will eventually work their way into the vegetables you grow and eat. Nature's Avenger is totally safe for use to kill weeds in the garden.
• waiting a week or two for weeds to die. Nature's Avenger kills small weeds in minutes or hours and most larger weeds in a day or so.

Nature's Avenger Herbicide is non-toxic, and, even it it was toxic would still be much safer than many of the chemical weed killers on the market today because it is highly biodegradable.

Nature's Avenger is an organic citrus oil-based herbicide designed to meet the demands and needs of homeowners and businesses looking for an alternative to synthetic herbicides or less effective "natural" weed killers. For use in NON-turf areas only - unless you want to kill your lawn? DO NOT spray on lawn grass or other desirable plants.

Where can you use Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide?

Use in the same areas you might use other weed killers such as Roundup: along fences, foundations, sidewalks, walls, driveways, patios, mulch beds, gravel, beds, lawn and garden preparation, around trees, shrubs, flowers, and last but not least: safely in the vegetable garden!

WARNING: As with other products that kill weeds be careful not to spray on desirable plants that you do not want to kill.

What weeds does Nature's Avenger Organic kill?

Use Nature's Avenger Organic for non-selective control of herbaceous broad leaf and grass weeds, such as lambs quarters, nightshade, velvetleaf, purslane, chickweed, clover, dandelion, foxtail, ivy leaf, milkweed, morning glory, pigweed, poison hemlock, liverwort, ragweed, sickle pod, quack grass, poison ivy and annual bluegrass.

What size bottles and containers does Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide come in?

• 24 OZ. Ready To Use Spray Bottle
• Liquid Concentrate: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon, 2.5 gallon, 55 Gallon Drum, 264 Gallon Totes

How to Apply Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide

First, you should know: Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide is made up of basically citrus oil (dlimonene) and water and surfactants (these help NAO to stick to the leaves of the weed). So you have to SHAKE WELL before spraying to get the great results of Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide.

If you purchased our Ready-To-Use Spray Bottle, You HAVE TO SHAKE THE BOTTLE WELL BEFORE USE!

If you purchase the concentrate, you need to shake well before adding to water. Then, if you allow your spraying container to sit for more than 24 hours shake well again before use.

When spot treating a weed in a flower or vegetable garden, shield desirable plants from spray drift with a piece of cardboard or plastic. If desirable plant is sprayed accidentally, rinse off immediately with water. NOTE: All contacted vegetation is affected. Avoid contacting desirable plants. Over spray or drift will injure or kill contacted vegetation.

It is best to apply when outdoor conditions are warm and sunny, but NAO has been known to work in temperatures down to 40 degrees. Apply when weeds are actively growing. Spray when calm to prevent drift to desirable plants. Weeds usually begin to turn dark and die within an hour or so and are completely dead within 24 hours.

Are there any precautions I should know about before using Nature's Avenger?

Yes, a few....but nothing that has to do with your own safety or health so long as you follow instructions and don't drink the stuff straight!

1. After spraying on weeds, wait until dry before planting anything in the area so as not to transfer to plants you don't want to kill.
2. Soak the weed you intend to kill thoroughly.
3. It's best to spray weeds when they are young and small. To catch weeds before they grow too large might require that you spray on a regular basis during the peak weed growth season, such as one time per week or so.

Unlike when spraying chemical weed killers, there is no need to worry if the Nature's Avenger Organic solution drifts or contacts your skin. You don't have to wear all that protective clothing or wash it and yourself after spraying. Nature's Avenger is safe for you, your children and your pets.

Mixing Ratios for Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide Concentrate

Here are the mixing ratios:

• Young, small weeds: 7 parts water to 1 part Nature's Avenger on younger smaller weeds.
• Larger, heartier weeds: 4 parts water to 1 part Nature's Avenger for larger, heartier weeds

Description:

Nature's Avenger Organic Organic Herbicide patented formula is made with natural citrus-oil (d-limonene ) which is a natural degreasing agent that strips the weed of its waxy skin (cuticle), causing it to dehydrate and die with results in 2 hours or less! Tested against the leading synthetic herbicide glyphosphhate, Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide has proven to be just as effective, yet faster acting when tested against other organic or "natural" products on the market.

Product Contents: Organic, d-limonene (citrus oil), water...that's all!

Where to get Nature's Avenger Organic Herbicide?

To test this amazing organic weed killer out for yourself, you can pick up a 24 oz. bottle of Ready-To-Use at Wilson Bros Nursery. After you see how it works you'll be back to get a quart-size bottle of the concentrate. If you don't live near the nursery, call 770-573-1778 to order by phone.