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Herbicide damage.

fred44corpfred44corp Posts: 1
in Problem solving
I use a lawn treatment Company and some weeks ago drift from the herbicide spay treatment affected my runner and French beans. The beans have recovered to a degree and there are a number of young French beans forming. Are these beans safe to eat?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Personally, I wouldn't.

    That's very annoying for you though. Very careless of the company if they were applying something in windy conditions too.  :/
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited July 2021
    I'd be hesitant to say the least.
    I suspect a key bit of info would be to find out if they used a systemic herbicide or a contact herbicide.
    If it's the former then it will have been absorbed into your bean plants and I wouldn't eat them.
    If it's the latter, then you could dispose of those beans that were present when they sprayed and enjoy those that then grow

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I don't know about the beans but I'd be putting in a complaint to the lawn maintenance company - they're supposed to be professionals and should know how to use chemicals appropriately. If you've had them coming for a while I'd be surprised if there were enough weeds in the lawn to need a spray instead of a spot-treatment, which is a lot easier to control if it's breezy on the day they visit your lawn. Maybe ask them what exactly they used and whether the beans from the plants that they damaged are fit to eat.
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