whats done this to spuds

[orchard]

Not that much would be my guess. Other herbicides do exactly the same thing and have warnings regarding them getting into compost/manure/mulches etc. It's not just forefront. Aminopyralid is also used in OSR which would be at a lower dose from memory but applied over a lot of acres nationally.

Thanks!

Sorry, I meant Aminopyralids in general, and didn't realise it was packaged otherwise in the UK, just Grazeon in the US.

It's not just farmers, it's used a lot in amenity too, I believe. We're about to buy some former dairy pasture for, in part, a small market garden and this stuff's got me concerned.

It can have a half-life of 500days, or 2500 to get it down to 97pc, and it's reputedly effective at killing almost everything except grasses and brassicas at 1part to 1billion. I just find it odd that farmers are still using it, especially as it rules out a diverse sward, and it keeps escaping farm...

 

[ollie989898]

Thanks!

Sorry, I meant Aminopyralids in general, and didn't realise it was packaged otherwise in the UK, just Grazeon in the US.

It's not just farmers, it's used a lot in amenity too, I believe. We're about to buy some former dairy pasture for, in part, a small market garden and this stuff's got me concerned.

It can have a half-life of 500days, or 2500 to get it down to 97pc, and it's reputedly effective at killing almost everything except grasses and brassicas at 1part to 1billion. I just find it odd that farmers are still using it, especially as it rules out a diverse sward, and it keeps escaping farm...

It is used in aerial applications in some countries for scrub control. It is perfectly fine to use provided you comply with the restrictions on its use. Many herbicides will have a surprising half life in soil.