A week ago I was saddened to see this video recording on Aminopyralid contaminated compost posted by nurseryman and YouTube personality Karen Land on her channelLove Your Land :
After post that telecasting , she found one of mine and dropped me a line . We corresponded back and forth about the danger of Aminopyralid and I asked her to compose up her stark tarradiddle of herbicidal woe .
Tomorrow she apportion her account here in an in - depth post you wo n’t want to escape .
On Saturday I got a comment from another gardener on my postMore Victims of the Satanic Grazon Herbicideasking about a garden he mulched with hay he knew to contain the toxin :
“ I have mulch and composted with hay that I utterly knew was spray with Grazon and it did n’t affect anything so far as I could tell ( I was ignorant and did n’t sleep together any in effect ) . How did you retrace the root cause problem to Grazon and not some other issue ? ”
-HWoolrich
My answer :
The characteristic twisting of the novel growth gain it obvious once you ’ve meet it once . Aminopyralid bottle up the cell stacking function of the plant , causing fractal - like optical aberration . Some plants , like melons and greens , are a lot less susceptible . Others , like beans , tomatoes and eggplant are very sensitive . Grasses , such as corn , wo n’t show any trouble at all .
I post a video earlier this yr showing a garden that had been partially wrack by Aminopyralid - lace horse manure :
The terrifying matter about Aminopyralid – and its trademarked productGrazon – is that it ’s now everywhere .
This is why I dedicate a decent portion of my bookCompost Everything : The Good Guide to Extreme Compostingwarning nurseryman of the danger and portion out the many ways in which this toxin can get into your garden and deliver the ground venomous for year .
I sent a transcript to Karen last week and she ’s been enjoy the read thus far :
In a way , Aminopyralid launched my garden penning life history . I could n’t believe what had pass off to my garden . I give it what I think was a great , constitutional amendment … and lost $ 1000 worth of plants and poisoned multiple beds . The story needed to be shared , so I did so inNatural Awakenings Magazineand atMother Earth Newsand I have continued to continue it here and in my Koran .
Do n’t lease this happen to you .
And come back tomorrow – youneedto read Karen ’s article .
