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has anyone else had their veggies poisoned by this tainted manure?

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geekgirl · 29/06/2008 09:59

I only found out about it when reading the Guardian this morning and seeing a photo of what looks like our withered and misshapen broad beans. At least we now know why they did so badly.
We have two large raised beds - used manure from a friend's cow shed on one, and bought organic manure (because said friend was slow at giving us more manure) for the other. The bought manure was obviously contaminated - bed 1 did well, bed 2 has done terribly.

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cece · 29/06/2008 10:12

Now I feel pleased that I didn't get around to using manure this year

but for you!

ChukkyPig · 29/06/2008 10:13

Not affected personally but you must be gutted.

They really need to clobber the company that makes the pesticide.

snorkle · 29/06/2008 13:56

That's terrible geekgirl. I'm worried about our manure now. Our beans are doing terribly (had thought it must be the new variety I'm trying) but we're eating the courgettes grown in the same manure.

geekgirl · 29/06/2008 14:31

snorkle, you might want to look into it a bit more then - I've read elsewhere that courgettes do well regardless - beans, potatoes and tomatoes and some flowers are the sensitive plants.
The main thing with my bean plants is that they're very stunted and the leaves are cupped rather than flat, and a bit misshapen.
Apparently it's not thought to be harmful to mammals and cattle are allowed to graze on land treated with aminopyralid straight away.

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