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We've not been to the plot for a week and my OH went to crop some asparagus and rhubarb when he met one of our neighbours.
His 30 rows of potatoes have spindly , yellow haulms 18" high with fern-type twisted leaves at the top.
On closer inspection so too did several of the other plots!
(They look like they've been sprayed with glysophate....600 feet of them)
It turns out that they all used the 1 yr old manure which was delivered this year and it looks like it's been contaminated with something toxic.
(we always store ours for an extra year if we can so we'd used last years- thank goodness!)
Anyway- they're going to need to find out what the pollutant was and how long it'll be in the soil/watertable.
Terrible news
Incidentally- this muck was from the same farm as the past 3 years and it's been fine up til now
Watch out there folks!
His 30 rows of potatoes have spindly , yellow haulms 18" high with fern-type twisted leaves at the top.
On closer inspection so too did several of the other plots!
(They look like they've been sprayed with glysophate....600 feet of them)
It turns out that they all used the 1 yr old manure which was delivered this year and it looks like it's been contaminated with something toxic.
(we always store ours for an extra year if we can so we'd used last years- thank goodness!)
Anyway- they're going to need to find out what the pollutant was and how long it'll be in the soil/watertable.
Terrible news
Incidentally- this muck was from the same farm as the past 3 years and it's been fine up til now
Watch out there folks!
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