DEFRA Regulations

The new DEFRA regulations require clubs or individuals to register if they use professional PPPs (Plant Protection Products). PPPs include pesticides, growth regulators, herbicides and fungicides and, as before, the operator or supervisor must be suitably trained and hold a  Pesticide Certificate. Using my maintenance methods, it is not necessary to use Professional PPPs. The only PPP that a club may need to use is systemic weedkiller and amateur versions such as Verdone or Resolva are widely available from retailers and do not require Pesticide Certification and, as far as I can see, do not require registration either. If you follow the link below you will discover that the only registration forms available are the use of Professional PPPs, there is no registration form available for the use of amateur products.

Full details are here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/professional-plant-protection-products-ppps-register-as-a-user/how-to-register-as-a-user-of-professional-plant-protection-products-ppps-and-adjuvants