Re: peonies sprayed

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Jo Ellen,

I agree with Miranda -- document the damage with plenty of photographs --  
of large groups of plants, of individual plants, and close-ups of damaged  
leaves, buds, etc., plus freeze and dry (both) specimens from some of the  
damaged plants.

This kind of thing should never happen, and people, institutions, or  
companies who use chemicals irresponsibly must be held accountable for the  
damage they do to their neighbors and their property when they do so.  

In any case, her crop of peonies this year is probably damaged beyond  
repair, so she will take a monetary loss this year. Even if the plants survive,  
their production may be damaged for one or more years in the future; again, 
she  will lose financially. And if the plants die, she will lose even more, 
from  having to dig and replace the plants and the lost years of production 
while they  grow to mass-production size again. In all cases, the loss 
could be significant,  and in the last scenario, it most definitely will be 
substantial.  For  this reason, I highly recommend that she contact an attorney 
immediately for  further guidance, along with pursuing horticulture 
solutions. Based on the  cavalier response she received from the farmer, it is 
obvious he will be  non-cooperating and possibly even hostile. She must begin now 
to prepare herself  for litigation by documenting everything, including 
telephone conversations,  remedies tried, etc.

Lina Burton
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