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Old 11-01-2008, 02:47 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Bob Hobden Bob Hobden is offline
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"Jeff Layman" wrote
Does any council insist on chemical-free gardening for an allotment
holder? Can an allotment committee insist on it even if the council
doesn't?


Ours uses weedkiller on all unused plots.
It's not a problem and ensures you have clean ground to start with. Anything
else is just a backbreaking fight against perennial weeds which you may not
win. Glysophate is not a pernicious chemical and quickly breaks down on
contact with soil.

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Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK