I've asked this before...

 

..and didn't get a definitive answer, so I'm asking again.

I have noticed in farmers fields, huge piles of what appears to be a
blueish/greyish stone, I work in the construction industry and to me it
looks like MOT, or crush & run, but blue.
Upon closer inspection (IE picking it up) it has no odour, feels like soft
stone and the 'stones' range from 3 inch down to grit.
The piles of this I have seen in various (crop growing) feilds range from 50
to 100 tonnes, and the farmers spread it over the entire field round about
this time of year....last time I asked, it was suggested that the farmers
were having drives laid or tracks for farm machinery to drive on, since I've
recently seen it being spread, I know this is not the case, I cannot believe
that it's for any kind of drainage neither and I imagine it's fertilizer of
some sort, has anyone else seen this? - does anyone know what it does or
what it's called?


TIA

 


"Phil L"  wrote

Dried treated sewage solids perhaps?

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

 



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Which they euphemistically call "bio-solids" for a better marketing
image. ;-)

It's used around here on agricultural land. My Other Half reckons it has
a distinctive, but not particularly bad, smell - "If it was over that
hedge you'd know it was there". Phil's mystery stuff was odourless but
perhaps different treatment processes make a more deodorised end
product.
--
Sue

 



Slough distribute something they call 'cinagro'!

Alan

 

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:06:53 GMT, "Phil L"


Next time you see a farmer spreading it on his/her fields ask.
Then come back and tell us........Please!