Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[BT Benjaminson <btbenj@netvision.net.il>]

Pat,
And if the cucumbers were being grown up on a trellis and quite well away 
from splashing?
I don't think the roots can take in bacteria like e.coli, for example, do 
you?

I confess that last summer we ate a lot of tomatoes that were growing not 
too far from a bin of maturing humanure compost and so far no one in the 
family seems the least bit unhealthy for it. But I wouldn't recommend that 
to just anyone and I would not feed the tomatoes to someone unsuspecting!

Really, do you or anyone else know just what the roots of vegetables can 
take in from greywater? If not where could I find out?

Bat-Tzion
Negev, Israel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Meadows" <pat@meadows.pair.com>
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" 
<livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Greywater chemistry


> On Tue, 16 May 2006 15:36:32 +0200, you wrote:
>
> > 2. Does anyone think there is a problem growing cucumbers from water thus
> > filtered? Much to my amazement some Chinese cucumber seeds I sowed around
> > the greywater area sprouted vigorously yesterday.
>
> Recognizing that I am probably over-cautious:  yes, I think
> there might be a problem with it.  If there are fecal or
> other harmful bacteria in the gray water, and there might be
> (from laundry), then I think it might be a problem.  There
> might be bacteria in kitchen waste too; salmonella or
> something.
>
> However, you could safely grow something there that is
> always eaten cooked.  Hmmm - eggplant?  Okra?
>
> Pat
> --