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It looks safe but I believe that you could get more information. Call your local Poison Control Center; it's usually in the section of the telephone directory with emergency services. These places have huge data bases; the people are generally very friendly and accomodating; and there is no charge. Give them a call and post what you find out.
If its Hydroseed, its ground up newspapers, fertilizer and grass seed mixed with water and sprayed on an area to promote fast germination for the grass. The seeds have a favorable germination and growing medium that can hold water better than bare soil. The fertilizer isnl;t toxic to dogs unless they eat it or lick it off their body. Dogs (and people) should not be allowed on hyrdoseed areas because it disturbs the seed bed. The area should be fenced or roped off.
The other common green thing is the universal identification dye used in weed killer. Kts mixed in to enable the person putting it down to see where it is and alert everyone else where the weed killer was applied. Stay away until weeks after aplication. Some states have been changing to Red or Yellow as the dye so as not to confuse with other products.
I would immediately contact "they" and ask for the name and if possible, a MSDS (material safety data sheet) sheet. Even with the name of the product, you can likely google it and find a website or a phone number. Ask to speak with tech services.
according to the article, its hydro seeding. Its usually safe after about 6 waterings ( 2 or 3 days) which transfers the fertilizer from the grinded up newspaper to the seed or soil. Unless your dog is actually eating the freshly applied newspaper, there is little danger. The dog presents a greater danger to the grass seed from distrubing it.
Now the picture doesn't match the article as hydroseeding looks more like a thin coatnig of green watery oatmeal sprayed on the ground. That pciture looks more like biomulching which is used to protect bare ground from water and traffic . Its used an awful lot for erosion control on slope surfaces or where a special soil mixed/ammended area need to be protected before planting later on, or maybe as a way to cover a ugly item like septic system etc until natural vegitation takes over.. It could just be a bad picture distorting the image, but maybe iots some frankinstein combo of bio-mulch and hydro-seed. Bio muckch is not harmful to animals as its just bio material (straw, grass, chaff, cane strands) mixed with a green dye and thats pretty much it. At times they will just til that intot he soil wheh they get readu to plant.
IF it is some bad and heavy application of weed killer (unlikey from the pictures) get the name of the product and check it aginast safety dta sheets to see how long under what conditions. But, the picture does not look anything like weed killing application.
No clue what they used ...The link was just something I found to let folks know what I am asking about in general. So Think Worse Case! No one is watering this But we did have quite a thunderstorm tonite so maybe we will have a few more! Tho to tell the truth I sick if Rain ugh!!
I had to carry my little beagle over the grass at the apartment I live in. They sprayed for weeds about once a week. She would breath it and not able to breath. Be very careful until your sure what it is as apartments do not always tell you what the gardeners are up to.
Earlier I went to the store for milk via Scooter! On the way back I saw 3 rabbits & 2 groundhogs nibbling in the middle of all the newly sprayed green. Sooo Maybe its not toxic??
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Earlier I went to the store for milk via Scooter! On the way back I saw 3 rabbits & 2 groundhogs nibbling in the middle of all the newly sprayed green. Sooo Maybe its not toxic??
Why? Do you think the rabbits know that's fertilizer (which is most definitely poisonous to animals) and not to graze there???
They're probably not going to drop dead on the spot.
I would definitely keep any pets you care about away from any lawn chemicals, sprays, granules or otherwise.
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