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General => News => Topic started by: bigshod on October 07, 2009, 09:50:11

Title: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: bigshod on October 07, 2009, 09:50:11

Dow have got their way. The pollutant is backhttp://www.dowagro.com/uk/aminopyralidsuspension.ht (http://www.dowagro.com/uk/aminopyralidsuspension.ht).
Can we start a thread on manure substitutes?

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: Chrispy on October 07, 2009, 09:58:26

Hi bigshot, bit of a problem with your link, try this one

http://www.dowagro.com/uk/media/grassland/20091006.htm (http://www.dowagro.com/uk/media/grassland/20091006.htm)

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: ceres on October 07, 2009, 10:01:43

Even better, try the link to info already on A4A:

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,55487.0.html (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,55487.0.html)

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: bigshod on October 14, 2009, 19:22:05

Sorry conthehill I missed the letter 'm' off the end. The link should read http://www.dowagro.com/uk/aminopyralidsuspension.htm (http://www.dowagro.com/uk/aminopyralidsuspension.htm).

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: tonybloke on October 15, 2009, 15:01:12

Quote from: bigshod on October 07, 2009, 09:50:11

Dow have got their way. The pollutant is backhttp://www.dowagro.com/uk/aminopyralidsuspension.ht (http://www.dowagro.com/uk/aminopyralidsuspension.ht).
Can we start a thread on manure substitutes?

here's the only one you'll need!

http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html

how serious are you??

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: bigshod on October 15, 2009, 16:08:00

Regular as I am, I couldn't hope to keep up with the needs of a full plot.

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: tonybloke on October 15, 2009, 16:20:25

wiegh it? all of your family could probably feed your allotment!!  ;)

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: Baccy Man on October 15, 2009, 17:36:09

You would be surprised how fast it accumulates bigshod.
(http://www.naphtha.us/naphtha/images/humanure.gif)

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: Digeroo on October 15, 2009, 17:50:58

Perhaps we should all have composting toilets.  They are not cheap.

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: Baccy Man on October 15, 2009, 18:27:42

They can be very cheap if you build your own.
http://humanurehandbook.com/humanure_toilet.html

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: saddad on October 15, 2009, 18:40:42

It fed the industrial revolution...  where do you think all that "nightsoil" from the privvies went...  :-X

Title: Re: Aminopyralid is back
Post by: tonybloke on October 16, 2009, 17:27:23

this is a fascinating book ( I got a copy for christmas a couple of yr ago, and read it) It is also available as a FREE download. written by F.H.KIng, in 1911.
http://www.earthlypursuits.com/FarmFC/FFC/F_%20H_%20King%20Farmers%20of%20Forty%20Centuries.htm