Re: Home gardener chemical use  At 11:02 PM 2/9/97 -0500, you
wrote:  >I doubt your conclusion that home gardeners use more
chemicals >per capita, it is not logical.  Hi Ed,      Thanks
for responding. You're right, of course about the above
statement. What I meant to write was that home gardners _as a
group_ use more chemicals than the agricultural community, and
home gardeners tend to overuse chemicals, both fertilizers and
pesticides. >Is your conclusion based on some concern that 'home
gardeners' >are not smart enough to use chemicals, ...
Certainly, I don't believe that home gardeners aren't smart
enough to use chemicals or that they lack concern for the
environment. Here are a couple of things based on my experience
that I do believe,(Feel free too skip this part if you don't
really care what I believe):            (1) many people tend not
to read, understand or follow product label directions very
well. I don't think this is a function of intelligence but
rather of restricted awareness. For insta