Martin Brown wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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The first one. Either that or anything containing ammonium sulphamate
(not to be confused with ammonium sulphate!). Drill two or three
decent sized deep holes into the top of the stump, pour in crystals of
stump killer, cover with a tile or whatever to keep the rain out.

Ammonium sulphamate was withdrawn from sale over 2 years ago and is
not approved for use in the EU.

Do you have any idea why?

I checked an it is apparently due to the insane requirement that the
halfwitted Irish Rapporteur that insisted on additional gratuitous
animal testing on dogs. This is nothing to do with safety when used by
amateurs. It is entirely to do with insane EEC red tape on chemicals.

http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/garden.asp?id=1997

Even the Henry Doublespeak organisation considers Ammonium Sulphamate as
a borderline acceptable weedkiller although not strictly Organic(TM).

This is an example of the H&SE at its dumbest. You can bet your bottom
dollar it is still widely available to amateurs elsewhere in Europe
despite a notional EU wide ban. Only the UK blindly enforces this junk.

Quite agree with those sentiments.

If you want a relatively harmles chemical banned for garden use, you can
usually get it from a chemical distributor, who won't ask you what you
want it for, unless it's something which you could blow-up politicians with.

Mind you, you'd have to buy several years' supply...

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Rusty