Contaminated manure

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christo's picture
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hi everybody
just learnt about this Contaminated manure
my tomatoes have got it so have my runner beans

aminopyralid is the cause it is sprayed on the fields to keep
the weeds down but guess where it ends up ye you right in the muck
anybody else have the same problem
i will put a link on so you all now about it
cheers for reading
chris
http://glallotments.co.uk/Manure1.aspx

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manure

hi fellower gardener
sorrey you have that conaminated manure
i had that for three years keep turning over
clean greenhouse out --keep washing with water
to kill it off
if you know anything about it let meknown
ken elliott

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manure

hi fellower gardener
sorrey you have that conaminated manure
i had that for three years keep turning over
clean greenhouse out --keep washing with water
to kill it off
if you know anything about it let meknown
ken elliott

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contaminated muck

christo
hi ken thanks for that
only took plot on 2 years ago first job dig over then muck ,all our potaoes runner beans and tomatoes got it did not know what it was last year thought it was some kind of bug ,so back end we mucked it again and same problem this year i have now found it is the muck so had a word with farmer who we had muck of it did not afect our cabbage beetroot turnips so it looks like this year i shall have a rotavate on soil and try and smash it up thanks for the reply chris