Garlic,will it die?

[miffy]

Went up the plot and found my garlic which i have lovingly tendered looks really sick, all the leaves have gone a golden orangey brown, literally overnight.
I then spotted that the grass on the next plot was the same colour and realised that the old man has been spraying weed killer on his grass and figure that it has blown onto my garlic which is in a raised bed right next to this patch of now dead grass.
Will this garlic now have to be thrown as it has weed killer on it, and should i inform the site manager.
Feel really upse as i do not use any chemicals at all.

[NOG]

I would ask the dude what he sprayed and show him your crop and ask him to be more careful.

I would not eat the stuff and I think it is dead.

Only see the site manager if you have a no chemical policy or if happens again.

[Alice]

What a shame Miffy. It does sound as if the weedkiller has drifted onto your garlic. I would show the results to your neighbour and ask him if he thinks that is fair. Also, maybe the site manager can flag up to lottie holders that they need to be more careful.

As for eating the garlic, well it will not have come to maturity and the crop will be less than you could have expected but there should be something. Sprayed with weedkiller - well everything on sale in the shops is sprayed with something so it should be safe to eat even if you would prefer not to have your food sprayed with chemicals. It's up to you.

I do understand your annoyance - I would be so mad.

[HotStuff]

That's horrible Miffy, I would be absolutely mortified if that happened to me.

[miffy]

I have just emailed the site manager and asked what the policy is re this sort of thing and basically how it can be resolved as i am gardening organically which i know is my choice but having my crops sprayed with chemicals is just not on.

[amandaandherveg]

I would be so disappointed too Miffy - hope you get things sorted out.

[SarzWix]

It depends what the spray is really. My carrots got caught with roundup last year and as that works by being sucked down into the roots I had to throw them all away
(((hugs))) for you, tis an awful thing to happen.

[Paulottie]

Although Garlic will start to yellow now anyway. it shouldn't be overnight and given the evidence and amount of wind lately most likely it is drift. Spraying should only be done on very calm evenings. The most likely chemical will be glyphosate. You are faced with the choice of eating it or not . Glyphosate is systemic and there will undoubtedly be some residue in the plant.

It is Wholly unacceptable behaviour. I would be VERY upset. I would be demanding abject apologies, A complete ban on his use of spraying equipment and possibly compensation ... at the least a bottle and a bunch of flowers.

[COMPOST CORNER]

It depends what the spray is really. My carrots got caught with roundup last year and as that works by being sucked down into the roots I had to throw them all away
(((hugs))) for you, tis an awful thing to happen.

I would be very wary of eating the garlic. As Sarzwix says, many herbicides these days are drawn down into the roots.
Take care, and plant something very invasive in the middle of the careless oaf's plot!!








On second thoughts, don't, he'd probably only spray it again.

Good luck with the site management people. Hope it works out for you.

[Two_Sheds]

It happened to me in 2005. I lost a quarter of my plot. My guinea pig also got sick in a separate incident (I think from being fed freshly sprayed veg, but nobody admitted it).

I made a heck of a fuss about it, and the guy eventually lost his plot (he never gardened on it, just sprayed it once a year)

[miffy]

Thanks for the support guys, the plot manager is going down this weekend to look at the damage and is going to get back to me, this isn't the first time i have had something happen with this particular person and he has a history of being less than community minded i will keep you all posted re the outcome.

[Incy]

So sorry to hear about this Miffy.
I'm lucky enough to have a big garden which I have converted part of into my own plot ( about the size of a half allotment plot) so I don't have any problems with non organic neighbours. Several of my friends have allotments though and most of the people on plots near them seem really nice and community spirited so it sounds as though you've been very unlucky with your neighbour. I really hope your site manager gets this sorted so it doesn't happen again.