Pre-planting Spraying of Container-grown Seedlings

This leaflet covers the pre-planting application of pesticides to container-grown seedlings for forestry and other tree work.

You can use this leaflet within the risk assessment process to help identify the controls to put in place to prevent or adequately control the risk of contamination to people and the environment when applying pesticides.

It should be read in conjunction with HSE's "Approved Code of Practice L9 Safe Use of Pesticides for Non-agricultural Purposes" (the Approved Code) ISBN 0717605426.