Plane spreading unknown substance

just FYI: supposedly the gypsy moth spray is a fungus that is naturally found in the soil and is sprayed onto the trees to infect the caterpillars. Not sure if there is anything else in the spray or anything but that is what I have been told.

I found a site telling about it. Guess you can tell what they spray by the dead caterpillars.

http://fyi.uwex.edu/gypsymothinwisco...gical-control/

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Well.. Hopefully..
Thanks for all the comments.
I called the airport. Old VET's suggestion . Funny never thought of that! Still waiting for a call back from the Dept. of agriculture and tracking down the company that owns the property.

All those Governmental Depts. I called? No response! Nothing! Got my info from some airport guy who answered the phone . He said he would sometimes shovel the stuff up they spilled and take it home.

Those of you who said Fertilize get the last laugh. However I'm still following up with a few more people. Great news to me but I had rather them not spread anything on my property. Was happy to be wrong on this one.
Bottom line is someone spread a chemical all over my property. And basically I can do little about it.

I dealt with this a few years back when they were spraying to kill hardwoods and they assured me they knew the property line even though they were constantly circling overhead. Somehow I didn't trust their word. And I have lost an unusually large number of hundred year plus trees since. So many I could never find the time to harvest all of it, so it goes to waste. The value is hardly worth the harvest anyway. I just like having them and will never cut the mature ones. No worry, in hundred years I'll have those dead ones replaced like new.

I have thousands of feet in property line with the company's pine plantation and my property has a large stand of mature hardwoods. Getting to be a rarity in these parts due to pine timber value. These companies strive to eradicate hardwoods in their pines. They just kill'em and let'em lay. We once got a contract to log a large tract of recently poisoned hardwoods, they gave'em to us! We sold them as Tie timber.

I depend on spring water and grow vegetable crops so yeah it worried me when a plane flew over and rained down white pellets on my head. Might have never noticed had I not been standing there when the plane came directly overhead. I'm sure my chickens were eating the stuff too! Eggs for free for a week or so ..
The only interest of these timber companies is growing pines, they don't live here I do.

Once again thanks for all the serious replies and info. Great people on this forum.

Gotta get back to work.

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Glad it wasn't anything bad. I agree with you though. I don't care what it is, no one has the right to come dumping stuff on my property without my knowledge or permission. You should not have to wonder, should not have to make all those calls to figure out what they are doing, & should not have lost your hardwood trees in the past. I wonder how pleased they would be if you decided to have a weanie roast in the middle of their pine forest come the 4th of July!

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Glad you found out. And glad it is nitrogen. The same "chemical" that is in your chickens manure, just a man-made form. Don't worry about it being a "chemical". Your chickens excrete the same stuff and more, in more potent concentrations every day. It will not affect you negatively, don't sweat it.

Again, very glad you found out!

Best wishes,

farmerDale

The pilot is responsible for even drift. I would not complain about fertilizer but in the future get the number on the plane so that you have proof of it being in the area in case it is something worse. Crop dusters are aware of where they have flown and are responsible for even a drift of any chemicals. Crop dusters are much better than 40 years ago and can tell if there was any drift. The spray devices on the plane are supposed to cut off so that there will be no unintentional spray but the way they put out fertilizer is much different. Usually all they do is open the trap door on the bottom of the crop duster and let it fall through a device that scatterers it out. All crop dusters have insurance to cover them in such a situation.

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God must have loved stupid people because he made so many of them.

PICTURES You want PICTURES or better yet video clearly showing the plane and the product drifting on to you. PREFERABLY in a single shot

glad to hear it wasnt som of them alien eggs like the spread around here,they lay till rainey season,then hatch,gets ugly around here when that happens

I'm glad the issue is not a serious one, I would be concerned about it too. Glad you found out what is happening.

Now, it still should not be happening, stuff shouldn't be falling on your land. If you were certified organic it could be a serious issue to you, etc.

Good luck with getting it worked out, don't blame you for fallowing up on it.

Paul

A general location would help others know how to procese if this is happening in their area.