Contaminated Manure

[marmalade]

Is it still a problem that I need to be mindful of or has this problem faded?

The reason I ask is sites seem to be reporting it as a problem until the beginning of last year? I'm confused

again

[Nicos]

It's still a problem!

My 2 yr old compost still isn't OK - should be by next year though.
No idea about the fresh stuff

[OllieMartin]

Check out this site:
Our plot on Green Lane Allotments - Click Here to ENTER | Manure contaminated with herbicide
For lots of information

[marmalade]

so given that I'm a totally newbie to this, and this issue scares me somewhere, what else could I use on my plot?

I'm only looking to do 4 small beds this year to keep things manageable for me (full time work, part time study etc) so I wouldn't need a lot of whatever it was!

[OllieMartin]

Last year I had some contaminated manure. It caused one of the 6 tomato plants in that bed to have then whispy leaves, but it still grew as many fruit as the other plants.

My experience suggests that it's not such a huge problem, but I'm sure others have had different/worse experiences.
I got my manure from the same place again this year (A stables my friend has some horses at) it's not professional stuff, but it's free!

I won't advise you to just risk it, as I'm not fully informed of all the facts, but that's exactly what I'm doing this year.

[Nicos]

I'd suggest having a chat with the other peeps on the lottie. Often several will group together and order from the same place as it can cost a bit less.
I'm sure if they've had problems in the past they'll be extra careful!!
Don't feel you have to sort it out alone- you're part of a 'group' now!!

You can buy bags of concentrated manure- it's not cheap- but you could phone up the producers and ask if they guarentee it's OK!

[snakeshack]

you could buy pelleted chicken manure as a booster.
or better still get some chickens and produce your own

[Reks]

Last year I lost most of what I grew to contaminated manure...this year I am planning to only use (on my new lottie) FBB and chicken pellets and some top feed (like sea weed liquid feed).

[Norm]

How about asking the farmer you get the muck from if he uses any herbicide containing aminopyralid. I understand that Banish, Forefront, Halcyon, Pharaoh, Pro-Banish, Runway, Synero and Upfront are the only herbicides containing aminopyralid. I asked the farmer I get my muck from what he uses and I got a one word answer - Roundup!

[YFS]

I thought u meant this, quite rare I imagine.

BBC News - Compost link to Scottish Legionnaire's cases

YFS

[glallotments]

Just to say the URL of my website with pages devoted to aminopyralid has changed and is now here

[Snadger]

Two years ago my toms were very poor with what I suspected was contaminated manure used in my greenhouse bed soil.
Last year I grew in pots in the same greenhouse with no problems.

I housed seven chooks in the greenhouse over winter. They are now out and have left a legacy of poop which has been turned into the soil.

Some of my toms will be, once again, planted in the bedsoil this year.....................we shall see??????