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Post by heavyhitterokra on Aug 29, 2022 20:00:47 GMT -6
Chrysanthemum,
Thank you, for that link.
I haven't heard back from the ODAFF Field Inspector on the soil test, manure test, and plant sample tests yet. I'm gonna guess that will take a while to complete. They probably have to dry everything before they begin testing. It was raining the day we took 'mud' samples.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 30, 2022 8:36:48 GMT -6
I concur. If ODAFF acts with the same swiftness of ODOT, it will be somewhere around October or November before you know. Reason being, my brother had to renew his driver's license, did it online and his new license was mailed to him. He sent in all necessary documentation last June. He got his new Driver's License last Saturday in the mail, which was in excess of 2 months from sending in the application online to receiving the Driver's License in the mail...
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Post by amyinowasso on Sept 12, 2022 19:04:51 GMT -6
Sunflowers are one of the plants that are supposed to suck up toxins. King Oysters are supposed to remediate 2-4d contamination.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 12, 2022 19:47:46 GMT -6
Sunflowers are one of the plants that are supposed to suck up toxins. King Oysters are supposed to remediate 2-4d contamination. That's good to know. Thank you, amyfromowasso, for that tip. I have a lot of toxins to remediate. Luckily for me, I didn't till the contaminated manure into my beds. I only used it as a top dressing after I raised my beds, but before I laid plastic. Once I remove the plastic this winter I'll be able to shovel most of it off and discard it. Unfortunately for me, there is well over a thousand pounds of it to be hauled away. I'll be shoveling all winter long.
Oh well ... That will just keep me in shape for Spring planting. I should probably shovel manure off every winter.
Becoming sedentary is not good for a body. Every Winter, I get so far out of shape by Spring, that it takes me several days, if not weeks to get back into any kind of decent gardening shape.
Wow! you sure cannot believe everything you read on the Internet. I was just now looking to see how long 2, 4-D stayed active in the soil. This is such a lie! The manure I used was seasoned, well-cured, dried manure that had been pushed into huge piles to dry at a dairy farm. It had been there for so long that it was no longer creating any heat and was in fact, covered with a blanket of wet snow when I took delivery of it.
Here is what I just read about the life cycle of 2,4-D.
How long does 2,4-D remain active in the soil?
10 days
The half-life of 2,4-D in the environment is relatively short, averaging 10 days in soils and less than ten days in water, but can be significantly longer in cold, dry soils, or where the appropriate microbial community is not present to facilitate degradation.
(Don't believe a word of it). 2, 4-D is active for very long periods of time. This stuff survived the entire summer after it was sprayed on weeds, after being baled into hay, was stored outdoors in round bales until Winter. Then, it was eaten by a herd of hungry cattle, was digested, then pooped out, left to dry, then scooped up and put into huge compost heaps, left to season for two months, and was still nearly lethal to my plants the next planting season.
(Don't believe a word of it). 2, 4-D is active for very long periods of time.
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Post by macmex on Sept 13, 2022 10:04:30 GMT -6
Ron, is Grazon primarily 24-D?
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Post by amyinowasso on Sept 13, 2022 11:57:50 GMT -6
Ron, I recently saw that 10 day half life crap researching something else and did a double take. I knew it was one of the persistent herbicides. I feel for you. It's a shame we can't use traditional organic materials.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 13, 2022 14:49:12 GMT -6
Here are the active ingredients in Grazon: Picloram 10.2%, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, triisopropanolamine salt 39.6%.
I got my first report back from OSU today. It confirmed that my plants were whacked by herbicide, not a virus. That's about all I know so far. The other test results are not back yet.
This information was at the bottom of their letter, so I thought I'd pass it along: If you have any questions, please email: sickplants@okstate.edu or gotbugs@okstate.edu.
Department
of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma
Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma Ag Experiment Station, and Oklahoma State University.
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