just a bit of an update, i've heard back from Steve Higginbotham from manure matters and they are going to take away my pile of manure, has anyone else had there manure taken away ?

i'm not sure if you have to have proof to have it removed ,they told me via email that a test would be available and if it was found to be contaminated they would remove it.
i've recieved another mail from them says that they will in touch soon to sort out arrangements what ever that means.

i've also signed the petition, in the email they sent me they said a test would be available and if the manure is contaminated they will remove it, do they mean that i will have to pay £200 for the test or is it just growing a couple of beans in the manure. i initially thought my problem was down to...

i recived this email today Dear Sir/Madam Thank you for your comments about the use of aminopyralid and the resultant use of manure containing residues that has affected allotment and garden crops. I hope I can provide some reassurance to you with this letter. Firstly, I can confirm that residues of...

i've now tried both email addys for dow and no replies

i emailed the RHS at gardeningadvice@rhs.org.uk and was told i needed to be a member first, i also emailed dow at ukhotline@dow.com and never recieved a reply i will try the other link you have posted. i've planted three more tomato plants two are in the same position as the old ones that were affec...

Hi glallotments unfortunatly i didn't get a reply from the RHS as i didn't know that you needed to be a member first and it's nearly £50 a year so i'm still trying to work out whether it's worth joining or not. the beans are continuing to recover but i've had a strange development in the polytunnel,...

Killing the eggs and caterpillars is OK but can you kill the butterflies? i can some new allotment holders must have thought i was nuts the other day, i had taken the nets of my brassica to weed and i saw a cabbage white land on one ,so there i was swearing and swinging my hoe about as they walked ...

one of my tomato plants has started to get dark spots on the leaves, it's mainly on the leaves that are on the middle of the plant, i've removed the affected leaves in the hope that it doesn't get any worse.
anyone seen anything like this.

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it looks like they are all starting to recover some allmost look normal again.

i can't belive that they are trying to get this reinstated after all the trouble it's causing they is no way they can control this and stop the manure reaching allotment holders and gardeners. my beans which had tightly curled up top leaves look to be getting better the leaves are now starting to op...

Hi Dave, A few questions. Are all your broad Beans like the one pictured? And are all of your Tomatoes showing the same symptoms? I have seen Broad Beans suffer with symptoms like your picture caused by an Aphid attack. The damage has been done early when only a bud and the buggers move on leaving ...

thanks johnboy i hope you are correct, i've taken the cover of the manure tonight it's very wet you can hear it squelching when you stick a spade in it. i must admit i can't understand why the farmer would lie if he was using this chemical he is a local lad and even drinks with a few people form the...

i've mailed the pics to the RHS to see what they think, the farmer says he does not buy in any bedding or feed, the manure wasn't stored it came straight from the bire floor to my allotment and it's ben covered with a plastic sheet since then and nothing has been added to it. i'll also email DOW any...

well we have spoken to the farmer and he swears that he has never used aminopyralid ,he has heard of the problem with it but says he has never used it on his land he also doesn't buy any silage in from anywhere else he makes it all. when we got the manure delivered mine looked different to everyone ...