Are you using the right Gallup for the job?
There are currently 5 types of professional Gallup being sold in the UK and only 2 have approval for use in Amenity Vegetation, Open Waters and Enclosed waters, these are called Gallup Biograde Amenity and Gallup Hi-Aktiv Amenity.
What does Amenity Vegetation mean?
| This covers;
Around buildings
On industrial sites
Pavements
Firebreaks
Pavements
Verges along pathways
Around traffic signs and advertising hoardings
Site preparation for landscaping projects, golf courses etc. |
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The use of agricultural approved chemicals in an amenity setting would invalidate your public liability insurance.
Below is a list of the professional Gallups being sold in the UK and their areas of use:
| Product | Gallup Biograde Amenity 360 | Gallup Hi-Aktiv Amenity | Gallup Biograde 360 | Gallup Hi-Aktiv | Gallup XL |
| Mapp No. | 17674 | 17681 | 17612 | 17646 | 17663 |
| | | | | |
| Amenity Vegetation | yes | yes | | | |
| open waters | yes | yes | | | |
| enclosed waters | yes | yes | | | |
| forest | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| hard surfaces | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| land immediately adjacent to aquatic areas | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| natural surfaces not intended to bear vegetation | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| permeable surfaces overlying soil | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| all edible crops (before planting) | | | yes | yes | yes |
| all edible crops (destruction) | | | yes | yes | yes |
| all edible crops (stubble) | | | yes | yes | yes |
| all non edible crops (before planting) | | | yes | yes | yes |
| all non edible crops (destruction) | | | yes | yes | yes |
| all non edible crops (stubble) | | | yes | yes | yes |
| Apple | | | yes | yes | yes |
| Asparagus | | | yes | yes | yes |
| Barley | | | yes | yes | yes |
| bulb onion | | | yes | yes | yes |
| cherry | | | yes | yes | yes |
| combining pea | | | yes | yes | yes |
| durum wheat | | | yes | yes | yes |
| field bean | | | yes | yes | yes |
| grassland | | | yes | yes | yes |
| green cover on land not being used for crop production | | | yes | yes | yes |
| leek | | | yes | yes | yes |
| linseed | | | yes | yes | yes |
| mustard | | | yes | yes | yes |
| oats | | | yes | yes | yes |
| oilseed rape | | | yes | yes | yes |
| pear | | | yes | yes | yes |
| plum | | | yes | yes | yes |
| sugar beet | | | yes | yes | yes |
| swede | | | yes | yes | yes |
| turnip | | | yes | yes | yes |
| vining pea | | | yes | yes | yes |
| wheat | | | yes | yes | yes |
Reference:
Health and Safety Executive - Plant Protection Products with Authorisation for use in the UK