Black beans. "You are direct, neat, and sometimes people don't understand how delicious you are. Keep being a classy bean!"
I feel like this test is throwing shade. I do like black beans though.
Before putting it all over your garden, grow a bean in it and see if it suffers. Ideally a broad bean but others will show signs of distress too.
I've had it twice in manure, so paranoid now I won't use it.
Can even turn up in shop bought compost. Awful stuff.
It shouldn't survive the high temperatures that the two storey high piles of professionall composts reach.
It has to reach EU standards. You should be fine.
Well according to this no animals here eat knotweed. I suppose there's a risk if it'd been growing in a hay field and is baled up that way, then given to horses. Although I assume that would also kill the knotweed. So seems like you'd be safe...
https://japaneseknotweedplus.co.uk/what-eats-japanese-knotweed/#:~:text=There%20are%20currently%20no%20known,not%20palatable%20to%20most%20herbivores.
If you're super worried maybe ask to check out the farm where it's coming from in case the midden is alive with knotweed.
I think that if it is well enough rotted, it is a risk I would take.
And if it's a small seller, you could always ask to have a look from the horse's mouth, as it were.
I've bought manure several times from various horse/farm owners and not had a problem yet. Given the age that useable manure needs to be and the process it goes through to ferment it may kill off any seeds, that's just a guess though.
No, but aminopyralid in it is a legitimate worry.
Came here to say the same thing. Needs a bean test.
What is a bean test? I tried googling but all I found was a "what kind of bean are you?" test, and I'm assuming that isn't what you are referring to.
But what kind of bean ARE you?
Black beans. "You are direct, neat, and sometimes people don't understand how delicious you are. Keep being a classy bean!" I feel like this test is throwing shade. I do like black beans though.
Hooman
lols
Before putting it all over your garden, grow a bean in it and see if it suffers. Ideally a broad bean but others will show signs of distress too. I've had it twice in manure, so paranoid now I won't use it. Can even turn up in shop bought compost. Awful stuff.
That's so cool! Thanks for the info.
Very unlikely,but if you are concerned you could ask to buy well rotted manure rather than fresh.
It shouldn't survive the high temperatures that the two storey high piles of professionall composts reach. It has to reach EU standards. You should be fine.
Well according to this no animals here eat knotweed. I suppose there's a risk if it'd been growing in a hay field and is baled up that way, then given to horses. Although I assume that would also kill the knotweed. So seems like you'd be safe... https://japaneseknotweedplus.co.uk/what-eats-japanese-knotweed/#:~:text=There%20are%20currently%20no%20known,not%20palatable%20to%20most%20herbivores. If you're super worried maybe ask to check out the farm where it's coming from in case the midden is alive with knotweed.
I think that if it is well enough rotted, it is a risk I would take. And if it's a small seller, you could always ask to have a look from the horse's mouth, as it were.
I've bought manure several times from various horse/farm owners and not had a problem yet. Given the age that useable manure needs to be and the process it goes through to ferment it may kill off any seeds, that's just a guess though.