[Community_garden] old tires for growing potatoes

[Mike McGrath]

eeeuuuuuu!
    Safety first, people! Not experiment with potential toxins first!
                                                            ---Prissy McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diana Liu" <diana1127 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Mike McGrath" <MikeMcG at PTD.net>; "Vicki Garrett" 
<vickigarrett at columbus.rr.com>
Cc: <lechan at ph.lacounty.gov>; <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] old tires for growing potatoes


> Zinc may not be as big of a problem, but Cadmium definitely is.  However, 
> I've heard that  some of these chemicals/toxins may be locked into the 
> soil (organic?) and not uptaken by the plants.  I wonder if people have 
> researched this method, not to eat the produce at the end, but to measure 
> whether chemicals are absorbed in the plants.  May be to grow plants for a 
> couple of generation/years to see if the soil still lock the toxins (if it 
> indeed can).  If the plants are not taking up these chemicals, that could 
> be very helpful.  A lot of old used tires could be put into good use 
> particularly in communities where resources for building materials may not 
> be that readily available.
>
>
>  On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Mike McGrath wrote:
>
> Zinc and cadmium are the big contaminants that leach out in high amounts;
> but I just find the whole idea repulsive, period. They're old, dirty and
> made with toxic petrochemicals and metals.
> Tires can--and should--be recycled professionally and burned for fuel in
> clean plants; its the perfect way to dispose of them.
>
> And hey--how about growing potatoes in DIRT?! There's an idea!
>
> ---McG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Casto"
>
> To:
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 11:07 AM
> Subject: [Community_garden] growing potatoes in old tires
>
>
>>A member on a garden website I belong to is recommending growing potatoes
>>in old tires.
>>
>> I know there are contaminants that come from old tires but I don't
>> remember what. (This was in a discussion in the last week or so).
>>
>> I'd like to be able to post something in response to this recommendation
>> letting folks know what kind of contaminants they are turning loose in
>> their gardens.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Linda Casto
>> Glenwood UMC community garden
>> Columbus, Ohio
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