[Community_garden] Using Trex for Raised Beds

[Cyndikrall at aol.com]

Mike, what brand did you use? Is it still available? Are any brands  still 
available that I can find locally, or do they need to be  ordered?

Thanks,
Cyndi
 
In a message dated 3/27/2007 12:23:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
MikeMcG at PTD.net writes:

Not  mine; I need to replace the (cheap) joiners I originally used this year  
(tin; they fell apart); but the 'lumber' is nice and straight.
---McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Garrett"  <geografood at yahoo.com>
To:  <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27,  2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Using Trex for Raised  Beds


> Mike,
> The drawback that I heard about plastic  timber (oxymoronic?) is that it 
> has no grain, like wood, to keep it  straight so you need to stabilize it 
> to stop it from bowing way out  of shape. How do you do keep yours 
> straight? I have heard of people  hammering in rebar strips along the 
> outside of the timbers.
>  Steven
>
> Mike McGrath <MikeMcG at PTD.net> wrote: We  investigated it thoroughly at 
> ORGANIC GARDENING back when we were  railing
> against pressure treated wood in the 90s and found nothing  wrong, so we
> recommended it. So much so that I chose to use it  personally.
>    It makes the frames in about half of my  raised beds and still looks
> close to perfect twenty years  later....
>                  ---Mike McG
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrea  Jadwin"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:07 PM
>  Subject: [Community_garden] Using Trex for Raised  Beds
>
>
>> Interested in learning whether other  community gardeners have data on
>> using composite material (Trex or  others made out of recycled wood
>> and plastic) for raised  beds.  Specifically, whether there is known
>> danger associated  with growing and eating vegetables raised in these
>> types of  beds.
>>
>> I have searched the web somewhat but have not  found strong scientific
>> information against it.  I'm not  really interested in anecdotal
>> theories or political  leanings:-)
>>
>> Would appreciate help from anybody who can  point me towards solid
>> information about possible toxicity - or  not.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Andrea  Jadwin
>> San Francisco Garden Resource Organization  (SFGRO)
>>
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