WARNING! Herbicide Danger for Gardeners || Black Gumbo

ALL GARDENERS PLEASE BEWARE!
There is a danger lurking in unsuspecting places. I am not hyping, but warning all my gardening friends who may unwittingly or unknowingly kill their plants by using manure or hay contaminated with Dow Agrosciences "Grazon" or similar Aminopyralid herbicide.
Here is my update on my 2019 vegetable garden and the toll this herbicide is wreaking upon my plants. I purchased Coastal Bermuda Hay from Gulf Coast Equine and Pet in Friendswood, TX in the spring of 2019 for use a garden mulch. It swiftly stunted and poisoned my plants, limiting my yield dramatically and contaminating my soil for an uncertain time. I have been doing some research and this video explains my grim discoveries about this contaminant.
PLEASE DO NOT THINK IT CAN'T HAPPEN TO YOU.
This herbicide comes into our gardens in the form of fertilizer manure, bagged manure, humus, and bales of hay. These are very common gardening amendments often purchased in our neighborhoods, feed stores and home improvement centers.
This persistent aminopyralid herbicide does not quickly dissipate or break down after use by farmers and agricultural interests when they spray for broadleaf weeds in hay fields. Instead, it persists even through bovine and equine digestive tracts, on through manure, through the composting process, and eventually ends up in YOUR GARDEN, like it did mine and countless others, only to kill our plants.
Though it is claimed by many larger interests, universities, and agricultural extension offices to be harmless after a brief period of time, this is not true. It is deadly to plants for several years in some cases, and costs home gardeners a year or more in plant production.
The continued use of this herbicide without careful disclosure to all consumers downstream is not only dangerous, but irresponsible business. Re-selling hays and manure contaminated with this herbicide is unethical, resulting in loss of investment and monetary interests. This is negligence at best, criminal at worst, and has unintended consequences far downstream. This is a terrible blight upon gardening and any farming operation unfortunate enough to be caught in the blast radius of this poisonous product.
Please share this video. This information needs to be spread.
More info:
David the Good's discussion on this plague. This is a must-watch discussion:
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[@davidthegood]

Excellent explanation, Scott. God bless you for sharing. I will share your video far and wide. It's a terrible feeling and this needs to end.

[@fatman6660]

Thank you guys for teaching and exposing this :)!

[@joniboulware1436]

It is just devastating. But unless the EPA bans it outright, this will never end.

[@bitchywoman]

@@joniboulware1436if gardeners are enough of a pain in the ass about this then someone will market a safe option hopefully. We should at least be able to get composts and hay labeled.

[@teemadarif8243]

You are one of the few Gardeners on YT speaking up about that , thank you for informing the rest of us

[@ddsfarmacy692]

The fact that this product has several names means that the producers of this product were intentionally being deceptive. Thanks for sharing/exposing this helpful info!

[@markm8188]

I really feel for you. As a fellow gardener, it resonates. I'm also angry because of the whole situation with chemical-agribusiness. Best wishes to you, and thanks for sharing.

[@enchilada1956]

This grazon will end up in the beef supply as well. We are all trying to eat healthy meat that is antibiotic free and organic, but if the cows were fed hay that was tainted with grazon then that herbicide will end up in the beef the consumer eats...

[@joeyharris67]

God bless you brother. I first found out about this from Danny on his deep south homestead channel. I'm a market gardener and I do not trust any compost anymore. All ot takes is one bad batch and a farm is destroyed. Best of luck to you.

[@annayeboah2008]

This is so true. It is so sad that farmers know that a product will impact home gardeners negatively and yet they still sell it to you because they want the money. I thought I was experiencing leaf curl. First on my peppers, then on my squash, then on my tomatoes! I began to think something is wrong. Then I made the connect with Black Kow or Black Velvet. My beds that dont have it are just fine. The plants start out okay and then they begin to deform. I will also stop purchasing manure from big box stores and try to make enough compost to top off the beds. I would prefer seeded hay over Grazon hay any day!! But Ive switched over to pine bark for mulch

[@anthonyhenry7631]

Hello I just saw this video. Thank you so much. I have had a suspension for a year or 2 about this problem. I was blessed to get all the free horse compost I wanted and believe you me I took advantage of it. I started about 7 - 8 years ago. Every year I would haul in a few tons of this stuff and would have some of the biggest and best veggies I have ever grown. Then about 4 years ago I saw a decline in my garden. I didn't know what it was . Needless to say the past 2 years have been terrible. In fact this year my cabbage and tomatoes are still the same size they were when I planted them and they have been in the grown 2 months. Most of the seeds I planted didn't even germinate. So now I know for sure what's going on. I did have success with 1/2 runner beans they are growing like crazy. The seeds I bought fir them had a pink coating on the outside. Don't know if that had anything to do with it. I planted a herb garden in another garden bed where I had use the compost . Nothing at all came up. I have killed my grown.

[@ScottHead]

Sorry to hear about this, it is getting more common every year, unfortunately.

[@raymondfarlow6059]

I just watched David the Good's livestream 'Manure will kill your garden'. The horror story starts at the 10.30min mark about Grazon which i'll call the "herbicide from Hell" If you don't want to dig out all the contaminated soil ( the rain washed it so far down into the soil off the hay) then it's grass, corn, wheat or barley to grow in there for next few years. I like your new composting ways, go full on, compost everything. Cheers.

[@classymom9047]

Great video and information.This doesn't affect me in the Caribbean our cows are grazed in fields that use no type of herbicide or pesticide.

[@ScottHead]

You are blessed!

[@penney304]

Thanks for getting this information out there. I'm a subscriber of your channel also David the good and Danny of old south homestead. All three of you have been preaching this same message. I know others are doing the same. It's criminal what Big Agr is doing to our food supply. Keep putting out the word. Better days ahead, I hope.

[@5hairballs]

Last year, my wife and I lost our whole garden due to herbicide drift. Took almost a year to get the test results back from the state....now the fight with the cropduster begins. Sorry you had to experience this. It's devastating after all the work we put into our gardens.

[@raincoast9010]

I ran into the same thing with "compost" from the local municipal dump, i guess it was mostly from herbicides from lawn clippings that ended up in the compost mix at the dump.

[@genevieve4227]

Thanks for your video. I'm in New Zealand where this stuff is marketed as Weed'N Feed, Torzon amongst others. Our commercial suppliers are supposed to test their stuff before they sell it, but they don't. I've lost plants this year and am trying to get the info out there.

[@texastornado1195]

I suggest getting to know your local farmer, if he/she sees the need and profits of growing a pure organic crop, they would probably set aside some acerage specifically for organic gardening use. I am a farmer, it's definitely something I would consider if I knew I had a market for it that is competitive financially with growing for big corporations.

[@soutpilaar]

Take a round medium sized dustbin with lid. Drill holes all around. Even a big square bottle with big lid will work. Plant them in your raised beds. Trow small pieces cardboard leaves and kitchen scrapes in bottom and a little compost on top. Water it. Put the lid on and let the earthworms do there red thing. They will move between the bed and bin/bottle. and turn the scraps to compost fast. Just keep adding scraps and paper or cardboard and little water. Your bed will stay healthy.

[@cindylopez4883]

We destroyed a brand new garden this year so discouraging. pLease , please continue to show us what works and what doesnt as you try to FIX the soil. Where are you? I am in Dallas. Another great reason to be angry with DOW.

[@MrDillon45]

I destroyed a garden with aminopyralid as well. We’ve been trying LABS from Korean natural farming and compost teas. Hoping the large herds of bacteria will eat through the soil and remediate it for us.

[@aileenefields337]

Soo Sorry this Happened!!&Thank You for the information!!&Have a Blessed Weekend-

[@jacquier5312]

I'm so sorry this happened. It's nice of you to share this info, I'm planting a vegetable garden for the first time and your videos have been very helpful. Thank you!

[@ellasladek3124]

So sorry , you must be so sad over your loss , Thankyou for sharing , and warning us

[@garynorcal4269]

Very sorry to hear about your garden issue. I will watch with interest to see how you work to recover and wish you much success with everything you try. 😢😅😊

[@Windowsinthewater]

Great video! Wow- I’m so sorry this happened to you 😞 it could happen to all of us. Thank you for sharing your story

[@CBsGreenhouseandGarden]

So sorry to see you had tainted straw. Glad to see you was able to save a lot of your plants. Thanks for sharing this information with us. Keep up the awesome work and hope you have a great day.

[@dystopiagear6999]

Thankfully you already had the container garden going! This year I finally have all three: containers, raised beds and some stuff right in the ground. Diversity in your techniques as well as in the plants you grow can prevent one problem from wiping out ALL your efforts.

[@katehileman7972]

Thank you so much for this information. I was planning on buying manure in bags this year to add to my soil. I definitely won’t be doing that now. ! This is so wrong! So sorry for your loss and difficulty. And again, thanks for sharing!

[@johnboast631]

Thank you for sharing this, very important and scary information.

[@rajatsrivastava1884]

I too see impact of Grazon on straw I used as mulch. Was simply unaware. Thanks for highlighting.

[@JubeeBijou]

May I ask where you got the straw?

[@riverunner9978]

I have a delivery of manure I was letting rot down. Now I’m informed thank you to all great Utube channels informing us ! God Bless!

[@RedMageNeko14]

I just started container gardening this year with my son. I am sorry to hear what happened to you, but so thankful you shared this information. I was debating if I wanted to make my own compost for my small gardening efforts or just buy some in the spring to amend the current potting soil. Now I know that trying to make my own is the better option to avoid this type of situation. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@dollyperry3020]

My heart is breaking for you! I had an overspray issue from the wheat field next door and that was bad enough.

[@NeuralEngin33r]

Me too. My neighbor used 4D-2 on a hot day, it vaporized and damaged my tomatoes.

[@dollyperry3020]

@@NeuralEngin33r I've never heard of that....but it makes sense. Don't give up though. You'd be surprised at what our plants can overcome!

[@ezwayocho8296]

😩

[@Hutzjohn]

😥 sorry for your loss!

[@bctrissel]

Oh no! This is horrific! I'm terribly sorry this happened to you. I will take more care myself in hay and manure used in my garden.. Thank you for the warning.

[@ambreewilliams6585]

I just posted this video in my FB gardening group. We all can learn from this. Thank you for sharing! And I hope you can bounce back with some container tomatoes. I'm in the DFW area, and we still have lots of time left to grow tomatoes. :D

[@candidamerritt2251]

Hello. Thanks for your sharing. I keep in mind that!

[@kathylord7939]

So sorry you had this problem...so tired of toxic chemicals invading food and processing! Thanks for the info.

[@earlshine453]

Hi Scott. Consider paving the contaminated beds for some years and put raised beds on top. I have raised beds on top of our paved backyard. I fill them with dirt, kitchen and garden waste and cardboard because I ran out of compost. Mittleider gardening could be a more expensive alternative. I grow Bocking 14 Comfrey for chop and drop, and sunflowers for shredding the stalks into mulch at the end of their cycle. There is no need to put everything in the compost heap cycle, there are less labour intensive methods for fertilizing the soil. When I had a lawn, I interseeded it with clover. Had to collect these clover seeds in the wild, because our garden centre only sold clover killing pesticides. Best wishes, greetings from Holland.

[@ezwayocho8296]

Cardboard is actually great because the earthworms LOVE it and will reward you with soil rich from their worm castings!

[@growingtexas1772]

So sorry this happened. Grazon was the first thing I thought of when I watched your bad hay video. I use leaves/pine straw from my yard for mulch, but I have bought bagged composted manure. Won't be doing that anymore.

[@cynthiapetrone562]

I just feel so bad for you. This is horrible! Who knows what is in the planting soils most of use to replenish our raised beds. Even though it says organic who knows. I admire your composure. I would be so enraged. Sending you Gardener's love.

[@kimmieRH05]

Cynthia Petrone Always buy your Organic soil from a reputable company. A true Organic soil will be labeled “Certified Organic” Unfortunately with air and water contamination these days it makes it really tough!!

[@TheTinkerersWife]

Thank you foe shining the light on this product. We have had issues with a differently herbicide here in the Willamette Valley used on tree farms. A friend took it to court after the home she bought that was built on tree gram land poisoned her garden. It persists in the soil for more than ten years.

[@ScottHead]

Ouch! Ten YEARS!? That is utterly corrupt stuff! Sorry you had to deal with it.

[@sandytexasgarden2433]

Thank you for sharing the info about herbicide. I will compose my own too

[@kimmieRH05]

Thank you for the education!!! I am so sorry you are having to go through all this. I understand your anger and frustration at this situation. How many seasons will it take to amend your bed?? If you do grow corn, try growing the decorative corn being you can’t eat it. Some of the stuff I have read about about pesticides being used by big farming for grocery market veggies is 100% SCARY!! I read if growers stopped using pesticides today it would take over 60 years for that land to amend itself free from the chemicals. Not to mention that stuff leaches into ground water. I digress..... I will definitely be following your progress on this. 💕

[@ScottHead]

It may not take too long if I choose the right kind of plant. I will likely try the corn thing, and I'll put some volunteer tomatoes I have potted into the soil later in the year as tests. Decorative corn sounds great, but I doubt I have enough time to actually get a crop. We shall see.

[@country4lyfe365]

@@ScottHead Hey Scott how long did thee corn thing take ? Couple seasons?

[@mooneymakes359]

Thank you so mich for the warning i just had someone pick up a round bale i was about to spread across my lawn. I did have GRAZON in it you just saved me alot of heart ache thank you and thank God

[@TaleofPucca]

Thank you ! So sorry about your crop! Best wishes!

[@recklesslove2880]

A lawsuit ..... Going straight to the source .. . . . Mass amount of complaints are needed .

[@TopDingoMan]

I hope you know that you are appreciated internationally Scott. I live in New Zealand and I had no idea about this. Grazon is used widely here also. I will share your video widely . Thank you so much.

[@isowigrow939]

Man, it’s like you were reading my mind this morning!!!

[@roseannekinney6942]

Jessica Sowards at Roots and Refuge had to remediate soil following application of organic compost that had used manure from cattle fed on Grazon fields/hay.

[@room3950]

Thank you for sharing your story.

[@craftystash8667]

when we think we are being ethical gardeners this is what happens..pls bring this to light again for your new subbies.. thanks for ALL you do...God bless

[@tomaitoe]

Wow, this is terrible. Thank you for spreading the word 👍

[@terrygothard104]

Great information. I am done with bought manure now!

[@karen-hillshomestead]

Thanks for posting this. Please everyone - share, share, share! Get the word out!

[@lynneanderson8643]

I used it in my raised beds for mulch and they would not even grow weeds for about 5 years. I’m in my late 70’s and didn’t want to dig it all out both because of the cost to replace the soil as well as the labor. You are so right, it’s not ethical for the companies to produce.

[@colleenh2939]

thank you for this much needed info. I hope others can learn from this too.

[@nicolabowden2756]

Well i certainly have. This is terrible.

[@paulgouin8912]

Thank you for letting people know

[@laraharding849]

Thank you for this video, we need to get the word out! I have a different garden heartbreak. I have cement and cinder blocks in my garden leaching heavy metals into my soil and veggies. And so many videos telling people to build cinderblock raised beds! Don't do it! They leach Arsenic, Mercury, Cadmium and a host of other heavy metals. Thanks for sharing. I needed to hear from someone going through a similar problem. I hope things are getting better for you. Dow also produce non-stick (e.g. tefal) persistent cancer causing products that build up in our bodies. Watch Dark Waters the film. Get the word out.

[@elizabethgerring130]

Thanks for the update. Will share!

[@hollyshope5814]

Thanks again, Scott. I also shared this on FB.

[@cadwyn8002]

So sad, sorry for your loss

[@sandiegotropicalgarden3531]

Great information on herbicides, thank you

[@lauraolsen6030]

Thank you for warning us

[@steleadav]

Great info, thank you. So sorry about your garden! I’m hoping this was my last spring to bring in any store bought compost or manure. Scary stuff.

[@ScottHead]

I have a bag of it in the back yard. I'll just spread it around a local green space where it won't do anyone any damage and fertilize the grass.

[@rebeccsnorton6189]

See Deep South Homestead also.They have just gone through this also.So sad we cant just grow our gardens without stuff like this happening.God Bless all.

[@ScottHead]

Yeah I saw his. Everyone these days is experiencing it. People will begin waking up to the threat before too long.

[@kimheim6449]

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I purchased 8 yards of "organic compost" for my no dig garden and have total crop failure. I have decided to remove all of the compost, I am heart broken because of all my hard work, financial loss and the loss of my food for this year.

[@christystone6224]

I had two loads of manure delivered early in the season this year, unknowingly my intuition told me not to use them. After finding out about the Grazon problem. And contacting the farms that I received the manure from. Neither one had sprayed with Grazon but they had sprayed chemicals for thistle. Luckily I had two totes of compost that I had made here on my property that I used on my raised beds. So very sorry that this happened to so many people it truly makes us Think about our land and how we need to work to better stewards of our land and doing more for ourselves and not depending on outside sources.

[@nicolabowden2756]

This is very worrying. I saw your first video showing the damage caused by using the poisoned hay then looked up David the good. His video about manure has really worried me.. gardeners have been using manure for ever as a natural source of nutrients for vegetable gardens and compost heaps. My family have just moved house and decided to use half of our old neglected garden to grow vegetables and fruits. Very much like yourself. I have a child and would love to see her picking and eating wholesome home grown food. My soil is pretty poor which i thought would really benefit from a rich natural homemade compost. We have been pulling up heaps of weeds and removed old leggy tired shrubs and cuttings from my weed ridden grass. We have pretty much copied your compost heaps at the side of your house and have crammed them with all this stuff including waste from my kitchen cardboard and paper etc. I decided to add some well rotted manure so purchased 3 large bags. I was just about to mix it into my young compost heaps when i saw your and David's videos. Although the bags of manure were purchased from a plant nursery which stocks mostly organic items im very nervous adding what should be a safe natural product into my compost heap which im going to spread over my entire garden. Even if stuff does manage to grow would you want to actually eat it ?.. its been 6 months of back breaking work to get my garden where it is now with a lot more work yet to do.. i dont want to ruin our efforts by possibly adding this awful chemical to my garden and future plants. Ive reused everything found in the garden. I dont want to waste anything and to add this manure and possibly wreck our new garden would be so upsetting. This subject has really worried me. Im so sorry this un necessary disaster has happened to you.. i hope by planting corn and grasses it will removed this toxic gunk from your lovely garden. Best wishes

[@ScottHead]

Nicola, isn’t it just sad? This chemical contamination possibility is so persistent that it changes the way gardening has been done for centuries. Really, we can’t trust outside resources anymore. Best case is buy a year ahead of time and plant a test plant or two in a container with the outsourced manure or hay, see if it is contaminated. Indicator plants like tomatoes that are highly sensitive to aminopyralids will show a reaction dramatically. The downside is you lose the money if it’s tainted and have to find a way to get rid of it. Upside is you protect the rest of your valuable garden. But who’s got time for all that? Makes me angry we even have to have this conversation. Best of luck.

[@nicolabowden2756]

@@ScottHead Thank you Scott and best of luck to you too.

[@scottzucker6418]

Thank you so much for posting about this problem. I was thinking our problem was due to high phosphorus from an old chicken enclosure we fashioned into a veggie garden. Turns out it was the hay we used there all those years. All the soil is contaminated and we are beyond frustrated. How irresponsible of Dow. This will cost us a pretty penny to dig out the native earth and bring in raised beds and soil. Thank you for making this known.

[@ScottHead]

You can grow corn on it and that will help take up a good amount of the herbicide. Chop it down and discard. Then, rather than dig the soil out, just build on top of it, in a few years what is left should be broken down. That's how I'd tackle it.

[@wandakelly2173]

Oh watching this is giving me flashbacks of my poor tomatoes and peas. I felt sick about it when I realized what was wrong. Thanks to you and David the Good. To remediate, I used biochar and planted lots of daikon radishes.

[@cantcoverGRILL]

Hi Scott - perfect video for me. I have two raised beds with this issue. I bought 10 yards of a Soil/Compost mix that was tainted with this stuff. My peppers are absolutely decimated by this. Gotta love paying good money for tainted soil. The company says they have never tested positive for herbicides, but only test periodically. So frustrating!

[@Andrea-gk9rj]

The same thing just happened to me, it's devastating! I found this product and am hoping it will help revive my soil...thought I'd pass the info along to you: www.soildiva.net/reclaim-by-soil-diva/

[@josephrobison8886]

So whats new? Every avenue of our little lives are the exact same. We are lied to and manipulated on a daily basis. The sad part is most people don't care about anything around them and cant see more than one step in front of themselves. As long as the WiFI is fast and the cell phone is charged and ready, their lives are complete. So, nothing will ever change on a large scale. Thank you for this video; inspiring people to take charge of their own lives.

[@vmorganbogart]

So sorry! This is horrible. Thanks so much for bringing this to the attention of others. This info needs to spread like wildfire through the homesteading community. I’ll sure pass it on.

[@debramoss2267]

We of faith know we are used for purpose, not always that which we at first believed. This is a powerful message to share we were given a beautiful planet home to nurture and have nurture from, it is time those that seek to exploit are shown for what they are. Even for their own children's sake, whether they realise it or not. You are in our thoughts and prayers, miracles happen!

[@doityourselflivinggardenin7986]

This crap is also in bags of mulch sold at big box stores. Some of the bags are labeled with having weed killers in them, however, I bought a bag of regular mulch and apparently it got into my bag. It took years for me to grow anything in that spot. I removed the soil, but it still took years for things to grow. I now only buy mulch from a local wood mill.

[@thinkathena2]

Wow! So upsetting. Last year was the first time I ever grew a tomato that started well and then developed curly top disease. I will be sharing this video.

[@dn1084]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@tmontero8492]

Thank you for this, sir. I too, purchased straw to use as mulch and noticed that my beds are not thriving. I will look into this possible saboteur. Heartbreaking.

[@donthompson4912]

Thank You for your information.

[@maryflowers1812]

Thanks for the information.. .. & your time.. your right we need to be more conciesn and educate better..

[@judykeenanharris1869]

Thank you for your research and I'm sorry you had to find out by having this disaster in your garden. I'm in Canada and just bought some straw for compost. I'm about the take it up where I've spread it and then I will do my research to see what's happening in 'Canada. Thanks again. Appreciate your channel. Dow's Rexade used in Canada contains aminopyralid.

[@ScottHead]

Rexade, another name on the brand list. You can always do a trial plant, sacrifice a tomato in a container with the straw, water it in really well. Its a shame to waste all that straw.

[@judykeenanharris1869]

Scott Head . Yes, thank you. I used it around a new rhubarb root that now has new leaves and around strawberries that have grown new leaves and they seem to be doing O.K. We are just beginning to put out our plants now that the warmer weather has arrived. Thanks to you we'll know what to look for.

[@country4lyfe365]

I so wish I seen this in the spring. I just killed 34 th comatose plants 2, 25 ft rows of tri color lettuce, 5 hills of cucumbers, 5 hills of zucchini, 3 25ft rows of onions , and 2, 25ft rows of cabbage. I'm so upset I litterally cried 20 mins ago. My whole familly depends on this garden . And after all the shit going on ,this year was very important. Along with loseing my job 6 months ago, my mother dieing last year , barely hanging on to the house, I'm just done. Thee only thing I can do for my familly is my life insurance policy. This garden was kinda thee last straw. Idc what anyone has to say. Life has ah way of piling shit up on you n I really tried. Idk. Crazy crazy. God bless. Indiana

[@azimshamsi]

So sick thanks for sharing learned a lot It means you cannot trust commercial supplier for anything in your garden

[@AllenClarkFilms]

I used a few bags straight manure in my soil mix. Maybe only 4 out of about 40 cubic feet. Hoping it is not an issue as far as the herbicide issue goes. Good info

[@emac1177]

Wish I had seen this 6 months ago. I was so excited to discover hay as a mulch since I was already using it for chicken bedding. Now I have a poisoned garden, a years worth of poisoned compost, and my future compost from the chicken bedding is poisioned. We also topped many containers with hay.. they are the worst hit. All my bell peppers, some hot peppers, and some tomatoes. The garden bed is doing ok...cucmbers and zukes are still thriving. Nothing else survived. It is so maddening and just a sad, unnecessary blow to gardeners trying to grow food and better the soil. Did the corn planting help that bed, or did you have to remove the dirt?

[@ScottHead]

Corn planting did indeed help.Check out the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3qni2N-o7aSq6c

[@rdb7450]

I believe in areas like Japan & Russia where they have had serious contamination, the ppl planted crops of sunflowers, as they are known to draw out poisons in the soil.

[@TerryeToombs]

I am so sorry this happened to you! Thank you for the warning! We have a Gulf Coast store here in Victoria, TX, too!

[@ScottHead]

Last year they told me their bermuda hay came from southeast coastal Texas so you are right in the midst of it. Nice little town.

[@TerryeToombs]

@@ScottHead Yikes! I'm glad I haven't purchased any hay! I have been getting my mulch from a neighbor that works for a tree service. He brings me a truckload of wood chips. Can't beat free.

[@gretaknebel8495]

Terrye T you are lucky with the free wood chips. I’m from the Victoria area too.

[@TerryeToombs]

@@gretaknebel8495 Thank you! Wow, nice to meet you! We only moved here last August, but so far, we are LOVING it. I hear several of the tree services will do it, too.

[@ScottHead]

Hey there is a website that you can sign up for free wood chips from utility and tree company work. They will drop it on your driveway. I have a friend who has mountains of it on his property. I don't recall the name but google should turn up free wood chip delivery. You get it when they are in your area and you have to be able to take it when they are around, but free is free. My only caution is that you never know what's in it, I worry about poison ivy and diseased trees. I would sign up for it but poison ivy is baaaaaad for me, real bad. But its an option for some!

[@suansook]

Thanks so much for this information

[@Thankful1998]

I am just hearing of this, this year. A man bought cows to have his own manure and learned of the grazon. He was shoveling manure 3 days and pitching until it went thru their system.

[@JoyMcCormack-xh7ky]

Wish I had seen this earlier. I just did this very thing on all my raised beds. Now I’m starting over. Horrible!! All that time and work just gone.

[@ceres4786]

Thank you for making this video. Now I know what to do!!

[@judyvg2000]

I'm glad I saw this video, I never even considered this. Sorry that happened to you 😔

[@patriciacunningham5472]

This is so sad. I don’t know if my hay for my horse has been sprayed or not but I’m not having any issues like you are. Praying for you and your family. So sorry this happened to you.

[@suzanneburns6130]

Thank you for sharing this! It would be great if all growers and farmers used organic, natural means to controlling weeds, diseases and pests.

[@fatman6660]

Horticulture for the win :D

[@laceyhoney305]

Thank you so much for your video. We just bought a new property with an established organic garden, and am sad to see that my plants are affected. We brought in organic cow manure this spring. I'm not sure if that contributed, or if the garden was already contaminated. I had no idea what was causing such distorted growth, so am grateful for videos like yours. I am in Dripping Springs.

[@ScottHead]

Sorry to hear that, it's a terribly common thing and hard to track down the source. Best of luck. Growing monocots in the contaminated space (grasses, corn) can help take up the herbicide. Grow a giant flint or dent corn, more biomass, and when its done, get that stuff out away from the garden.

[@vlunceford]

My brother lives in Dripping Springs. 😊

[@debraspringers2098]

Thank you for sharing this. It is pretty scary out there. Is anything organic anymore?

[@marycain9759]

I have just run across what has caused my gardening dilemma this summer. Sunflowers, zinnias, tomatoes are all effected severely by exposure to something and now the most likely culprit is this aminopyralid contamination in the potting medium. I initially suspected a virus but I always thought the soil as the source of my problem. My first suspect was a starting medium that was comprised primarily of Canadian peat and perlite. Later I changed to a Fafard potting mix. The outcome was the same. The tomatoes germinated, grew, and appeared normal but eventually showed curling and deformation; the same with my sunflowers and zinnias. I plan to notify Fafard of my suspicions. Thank you for your sharing your information and good luck.

[@observer2441]

Are you saying that canadian peat moss is also infected?

[@notarivsanonymvs2561]

Sorry to hear about your situation. I was afraid of this happening to someone. I’m over concerned with things to be put in the garden. I see a lot of home gardeners here on KZbin use mulch for their vegetable garden and containers. I was worried that it could contain some sort of herbicide or other contaminated wood. I ran into your videos where you recommended using straw or hay. I wasn’t able to locate any in my town that was within my budget. So I skipped the idea. My three local mulch companies take fence boards and decking or any other wood from the general public and contractors. They charge $10 to dump a truckload of any wood material, trees, and grass clippings. They make this stuff into either compost or mulch. Then they dye the mulch. I worry that the wood and trees people and contractors dump have herbicides and other chemicals. I’ve seen people dump old broken down fencing that was treated with paint or water repellant oil/paint. Isn’t this stuff bad if we put it on our gardens? Just something to think about.

[@ScottHead]

I have experienced similar practices. I purchased a bulk garden mix once that had topsoil and compost mixed, and some of the "compost" was comprised of chips of painted lumber. Very sketchy.

[@wenn9366]

Jess at Roots and Refuge Farm is dealing with this now, and I'm pretty sure something I used had some Grazon in it. My usual tomato bed is stunted, but the other one that I just used my yard dirt and didn't have time to amend is looking great.

[@daveschreiner413]

Is anything really organic anymore? This is so aggravating.

[@LYFJV]

Everything is contaminated. The soil the air the water the food the "medicine"... Everything...

[@robertl.fallin7062]

@@LYFJV can confirm tye medicine . ..

[@VickiTakacs.]

Monsanto with the gov'ts help are doing everything they can to decimate real food, trees, etc and that is a fact.

[@markie3394]

Vicki Takacs yes, very true! Did a college paper regarding Monsanto back in 2000. GMO was then and still is in the United States a huge money maker as is herbicides. During that time other countries band the use because of devastation to lab animals in the way of cancers and malformations describing Frankenstein results other diseases and death. I do my best not to buy foods with any kind of soybean as this was the main target as in Round up ready soybeans. Cross pollination of the beans and corn are also issues. Just learned about the herbicide because was considering hay bale gardening. Looking for inexpensive ways to help with physical limitations. Guess I’ll find another way to raise the beds but what to fill them with? Oh Jesus please come quick!

[@TheTinkerersWife]

I'm not sure anything can be considered truly organic with all the chemicals in the atmosphere anymore. We still must do what we can in spite of what we have no control over. Hopefulky our efforts will make things better for others if not for us.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

This is AWFUL! We've switched to using our own compost (We compost everything like David The Good). We use a mixture of dried fallen leaves and seaweed (We have a nearby unlimited source) to build / create our own growing medium and to use as a mulch in our garden. We've added some African Night Crawler composting worms to our compost bin outside, and it creates vermicompost QUICKLY which we then add to our garden. We use a half 55 gallon food grade barrel cut vertically and drill holes on the bottom for drainage. We place ALL our kitchen scraps in there along with the dried fallen leaves, and let the worms do the work. We also place some hardware cloth over the top and weigh it down with heavy rocks so that wildlife or our dog can't get to it. It WORKS! I hope this helps.

[@2009valleyman]

Hi I'm first... excellent video

[@endgamefond]

I can feel the pain as a gardener myself