On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:47:22 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"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.


Are there a lot of unused plots?

I've read my council has a waiting list of 400 (on an allotment total
of 600 - which doesn't sound like a lot)
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