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  • From: "Janet.Graham" <janet.graham AT de.usda.gov>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: lima processing waste water
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:59:01 -0500

Hello,
I'm new to the list. One of the farmers we work with in DE grows lima
beans. Apparently, in the processing of the beans they use a salt water
solution to separate green from white beans. The issue is what to do
with the waste water. If it is used for irrigation, it has a salt
content to it. It is cost prohibited to filter out the salt. One
suggestion was made to irrigate it onto a crop that can uptake the
salt. Does anyone have any experience with this, or ideas for what
crops take up salt so that it doesn't become a soil problem? Thanks!
-Janet
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  • lima processing waste water, Janet.Graham, 02/28/2000

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