Having just discovered that the manure I used on my potatoes seems to be contaminated, I'm going to dig out as much as I can (it was laid at the bottom of the trenches).
Obviously the potatoes have had it, so I was wondering what I could plant that would be most resistant to any residual Aminopyralid. I've read that tomatoes, onions, carrots are all sensitive, but I've not seen any reports about cabbages being affected and assume sweetcorn would be ok as it's a grass.
Anyone got any info or know where resistant plants are listed, I've got a lot of cabbages and brussles just waiting to get planted, but don't want to waste them
Hi Nobbie - I just found your posts here (I've been replying to your posts in the other thread). Sympathies go out to you again. I'll pass on the information I have, as follows...
1. The sensitivity of any plant to aminopyralid is dose-dependent - and who knows how much of the stuff is in a particular lump of dung? Not me or you.
2. Some plants exhibit less sensitivity to aminopyralid - and these include grasses and sweetcorn. Unfortunately we don't eat much grass.
3. If your contamination turns out to be from the herbicide 'Forefront', as mine seems to be, you might like to read the health & safety data sheet -
http://www.dowagro.com/uk/labels/index.htm - it helped me to make up my mind about whether or not to eat any veg I grow this year.
4. Two really nice brussels plants I planted recently seem to be suffering very badly, so I'm not sure that the 'brassicae are ok' advice is correct. Time will tell. In any case, would I want to eat the sprouts on Christmas Day, as was my intention? - I don't think so. In my experience, rhubarb definitely gets clobbered by it.
5. Currently our radishes seem to be as happy as pigs in muck!
EDIT - sorry, forgot to mention that Dow also told me that courgettes seem to be quite resistant. Doesn't mean they don't have it in their system though, does it? Hope this helps.