[Community_garden] growing potatoes in old tires

[tiger mountain]

let all be fine and well,
years ago i had wanted to grow potatoes in tires and a very good
friend of mine, karen kearny (syracuse peace council, syracuse
cultural workers) reminded me that automobile tires have cadmium.

cadmium is very harmful and not good for any soil (it will leach into the soil).
the studies go back
(http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5405284).

here are a few other websites;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium_poisoning.

if you google it you will find a pleathora of sites dealing with
cadmium poisoning.


(they put cadmium in cigarettes too).

if you are interested in an interesting trim that is also from recyled
products you can dig a trench at the border of your garden and fill it
with 16 oz. bottles (or wine bottles) that are turned over so the flat
side faces up. they are remarkably sturdy and you only leave a little
tiny bit uncovered by dirt. hope this would help. you can also lay it
so they are flush (or flat) with the ground.

(my recommendation for the other project, if you want to have some
kind of raised bed for potatoes you can feed two birds with one seed
by making large cylinders of chicken wire, then bury them with soil.
you can grow potatoes and garlic out of the top and strawberries out
of the sides.)

enjoy great peace, love, harmony and wonder,
dandelion

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 1:38 AM, Wade Zawalski <wadester at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
>  Our community garden (www.growregina.ca) is in the process of rebuilding
>  after we lost our previous 11 acre 275 plot community garden site.  The new
>  3.4 acre site has been made available to us on a permanent basis in a city
>  park.  The site is smaller but we have been fortunate to have recieved
>  significant corporate sponsorship.  As result we have some money to spend on
>  a nice clean garden design.  The new design is based around 60 - 40 x 40
>  foot square plots (with 4 - 6 gardens each) and this will require
>  approximately 2 miles of garden edging to separate the 40 foot blocks from
>  the gravel pathways.  We are in discussion with a tire recycling company who
>  may be able to manufacture rubber garden edging from recycled tires.  The
>  goal is to produce a very durable 1" x 6" garden edging for approximately
>  $1.00 linear foot.  We are also eligible for a matching $5000 grant from the
>  agency that collects recycle fees on every tire sold in our province of
>  Saskatchewan.
>  Ok.  So here is my question.  According to the EPA recycled rubber products
>  are permissible for garden mulch and edging...  does anyone have any
>  valuable information concerning the safety of recycled tire edging in a
>  garden.  We are not interested in opinions based on rumour and inuendo but
>  factual information that might give us guidance on the suitablility of
>  recycled tire garden edging.  Unless you can quote real scientific data that
>  links to health risks save your trouble.  We are seeking fact (documented
>  and reliable) not opinion which will be ignored.  Thank you in advance for
>  your assistance.  Presently we are going with the EPA assesment unless
>  anyone can make a convincing case (this means scientific papers,
>  measurements, etc.).
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  W.
>
>  On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Linda Casto <lindacasto7430 at sbcglobal.net>
>  wrote:
>
>  > 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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