aminopyralid(broad leaf weedkiller)

[FIREMAN627]

having suffered the effects of this nasty in 2010 i have gone thro all the recomended ie turning the soil over many times , but i still have concerns that my soil will not be cleaned enough to grow certain crops, have any out there any advice re soil condition and wether i will be able to grow all the crops i want to .

[Jeanied]

There are some tips on this thread which may help. It refers to a bean test you can do.

[zazen999]

I have the same problem.

I raked out as much as I could, got Dow to get someone to take away 90% of it and all the remaining rakings - I put on the two beds that had been worst affected and we're just leaving it, rotavating it and I'll grow a few squashes in it later to see how bad it still is.

[FIREMAN627]

thanks for that , i have rotovated beds so hope all will be well for this year.

[realfood]

From the experiences on our allotments, provided you have well dug in the manure and turned the soil for a season, the weedkiller should have been got rid of, by the following season.
There is life after this near death experience!!

[FIREMAN627]

have started off some test broad beans, some in just potting compost( hope that is ok) some in a mix of soil and potting compost, fingers crossed they all germinate and all grow ok

[FIREMAN627]

an addition to my jan entry, all seems to be doing well so it appears that the three rotovations of my beds seems to have done the trick,as for feeding i have used 6x this year and followed on with comfrey tea and things are growing great with only one tomato in my polytunnel showing any signs of the aminopyralid.

[Suky]

Very glad for you, can't imagine how disheartening it must have been for those affected.

[endymion]

Does anybody know what would happen if you were to use straw from a crop that's been sprayed with aminopyralid-based herbicide directly on the soil, as a mulch? Or are these herbicides only ever used on hay crops?

[oldie]

Straw on it's is not likely to be affected. Aminopyralid was not licensed for use on land used for food crops only grazing pastures. Hay could be I suppose but it does seem to be the actual animal manure mixed with straw/hay etc. that is the problem.