That’s what I though John, and that’s what mine was like, you could try cutting all the damaged looking leaves off, see how they shoot out again. I dumped mine as they were just small, not big enough to even plant out but it was only on one particular type, I think it was one of the Italian types.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
My affected plants are all in 14" dia pots and the compost came from my No 3 bin. My wife has reminded me that about 5 years ago a nationwide lawn care co. I used to use treated our lawn with something to get rid of 'red thread' and the guy stopped partway through the treatment to talk to me but left his machine running. The result was a large dead patch in the lawn! When I complained their local manager would not even come and look at it so I cancelled the contract. I got a landscape gardener to replace the lawn and a lot of the old turf went into the compost bin. All rotted down very well and the end result has been some beautiful 'looking' compost - but I guess some of the chemical has remained (I would have thought it would have perished by now but clearly not).
Lesson learned but at least the YouTube clips have identified the problem (which is a relief) John H
Aminopyralids have been found in commercially produced bagged composts too. As Dowding says, the stuff needs banning. It's totally wrong to have such a poison in what is a wonderful resource for gardeners which is either cheap or for free. Especially when there are other Herbicides available which do the same job.
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I dumped mine as they were just small, not big enough to even plant out but it was only on one particular type, I think it was one of the Italian types.
Lesson learned but at least the YouTube clips have identified the problem (which is a relief) John H
Especially when there are other Herbicides available which do the same job.