[pumpkinpatch]

i suppose i could call it organic when all it is is salt and vinegar so just mix up some salt and vinigar and put it into a spray bottle than spray on your weeds and it will kill them sometimes it doesn't work but it did for me it just kills them of like a normal weed killer the leaves will tern brow and the plant will die hopefully

[oldbean]

You might find even mixes like this are now banned under EU legislation for use as herbicides. A blowlamp is a guaranteed fix for weeds.

[Aunt Sally]

A blowlamp is a guaranteed fix for weeds.

... but not for perennial weed roots !

[pumpkinpatch]

it was on the T.V so    it works and i don't see how what you have on your fish and chips can be banned

[Yorkie]

No need to be rude.  Which TV was it on?

[pumpkinpatch]

No need to be rude.  Which TV was it on?

hmmm not quite sure it was a while back ill try and remember and how is this being rood its good to be a nosey Parker

[Yorkie]

As Oldbean correctly pointed out, it is illegal to use home-made pesticides.  Irrespective of whether you put it on your own food, it is illegal.  Same as using home-made rhubarb concoction.

Just because it might have been on TV - particularly some time ago - doesn't make it legal now.  This is a public forum and although you may be derisory about someone else's comment, we have a responsibility to ensure that we do not mislead members.

[Aunt Sally]

pumpkinpatch may not know how nice and polite we are on these forums yet Yorkie.  I'm sure pp knows now though 

[pumpkinpatch]

i understand. Sorry i didn't realise this could this be legal though?

[pumpkinpatch]

pumpkinpatch may not know how nice and polite we are on these forums yet Yorkie.  I'm sure pp knows now though 

I know how nice every one is on this forum i like to help and give as much back as you give me and if it wasnt for you i wouldent know this. well now i know that the saying you learn somethink knew everyday is true sorry for wasting your times yorki and aunt sally

[AndyRVTR]

Hi PP.. I dont thInk for one second you have wasted anyone's time...  If people didnt ask the questions, there would be no answers...
BTW.. can someone please explain to me why/how it is illegal to use water that has had Rhubarb leaves in it??

[BigPaddy]

I'm a bit confused about this legal stuff. I'm sure that there will be some law covering adding urine to compost. I know that I am not allowed to have a fire on our plot and I know that I am not allowed to use a hosepipe. I also know that everyone, including me, does this. Am I the only one who feels Yorkie a bit heavy handed here?

I'm hopefully not provoking a row with a moderator, just pointing out that people can make their own decisions.

[pumpkinpatch]

i don't think he's being heavy handed i think he's just laying the rules and hes just doing what a moderator like him should be doing

[Yorkie]

PP I don't think you wasted my time or anyone else's, please don't feel that  .

BP, for the sake of clarity, the legal stuff is covered comprehensively in this RHS extract and document:

Quote from RHS - Use of garden chemicals.

"Only products approved by the government can be used as pesticides, so home-made pesticides brewed from concoctions of rhubarb, cigarette butts or even washing-up liquid are now outside the law."


https://www.rhs.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/06FEA701-36F2-41AC-BAFA-E3BDBD22D52C/0/c_and_e_chemical.pdf

Of course people can make their own choices in private, but as I previously said this is a public forum and we cannot be seen to condone or encourage breaking the law, which you can be prosecuted for.

[Yorkie]

i don't think he's being heavy handed i think he's just laying the rules and hes just doing what a moderator like him should be doing

Or even 'she'