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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties
- From: Jerome Rigot <rigot.3@osu.edu>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:33:12 -0500
Hi Lucile,
Railroad ties are treated with creosote, a very persistent chemical, actually a blend of chemicals that are quite toxic. See http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts85.html
Creosote does accumulate in plant tissues. I would not eat vegetables grown in a raised bed made with treated railroad ties.
Jerome
At 12:26 PM 2/15/2007, you wrote:
Question
I have access to a nice stack of old railroad ties
Is it ok to use them for raised beds?
Does the no till make a difference on this as I had heard migration of nasty
things from pressure treated wood was only a couple inches?
And what about pressure treated wood? I have a few areas that were built up
with landscape timbers for flowers I would like to ad some ornamental
veggies to.
Thanks
Lucile
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
badsneakers11, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
Barbara Fischer, 02/16/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds, Carrie Shepard, 02/16/2007
- [Livingontheland] beat that dead horse enough? railroad ties forever?, TradingPostPaul, 02/16/2007
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- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds, Ken Hargesheimer, 02/16/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds, BirdWalk, 02/17/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
Barbara Fischer, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
badsneakers11, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
BirdWalk, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
jerry walker, 02/15/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties, TradingPostPaul, 02/15/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties, BirdWalk, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
BirdWalk, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
jerry walker, 02/16/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties, Wayne, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
jerry walker, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
jerry walker, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
Barbara Fischer, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
BirdWalk, 02/15/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties, Barbara Fischer, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties,
BirdWalk, 02/15/2007
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