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If it is just fertiliser then no ticket required. If it contains weedkiller as well as a feed then you will need your tickets.
Even if the granular fertilizer is a weed/feed one, I really can't see the need for "tickets" and in your position, I'd just use it if you need to though I've never found this form of weedkiller particularly effective.. Some "rules" are just plain stupid with, I'd guess, hundreds of tons of this stuff being applied by householders with no qualifications at all and the worst thing that can happen is a "burnt" lawn. .
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I totally disagree. A waste of money, a waste of chemicals and damaging to the environment when these products are not used correctly.
That's the sort of shit advice that gets us all into trouble when it goes tits up.
Get trained and do it properly.
But it's perfectly fine for a member of the public to do it. A member of the public who could literally be handling a fertiliser/herbicide for the first time in their life? It's not like he wants to handle radioactive waste, it's spreading a bag of 4-in-1 from the garden centre for Christ sake.
And yes, I know what the rules are and I personally have my PA1/6 for spraying chemicals.
Exactly................. a bit of common-sense is needed sometimes when interpretating "rules" .
I am very heartened to see such a sensible, common sense attitude prevailing, despite one thinking that the world will end with a combination of a ten pound box of weed and feed and the lack of a PHD in agronomy.
I am reminded of an incident where a friend of mine was out with his, let’s say physically compromised elderly Mother, who found it very difficult to walk for very long. They were at some place or event and were made walk the long way round rather than allowing the old lady to cross a two metre corner of lawn which had a sign which read ‘keep off the grass’.
So I agree with the majority of posts here. A little common sense when applying the rules is the right way forward.
I have sympathy for the common sense approach and I'm against too much big brother oversight.
However, this ignores the reality of the direction fo travel of government agencies worldwide, not just the UK. They are looking for any excuse to limit application of "pesticides" including herbicides and any segment not keeping their own house in order will be punished with more red tape requirements or even more draconion outright banning of some good products.
Google the Amentity Forum and Prof John Moverley who is trying to get decisions made on a scientific basis rather than knee jerk reactions.
Here's an example http://amenityforum.co.uk/hot-topic-weed-management/
BTW the worst case is not just a scorched lawn - it's killing several miles of wildlife in rivers. There are some strong products out there that provide a good solution, however in the wrong hands are very harmful to aquatic life. Sure you can't get some of them from the garden centre buy can from ebay / amazon as a member of the public.
In reality, there's no way we're going to be "killing several miles of wildlife in rivers" with some weed and feed lawn fertilizer on a domestic lawn where the nearest stream is God knows how far away!!
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