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  • From: "Permaculture West" <permawest@olywa.net>
  • To: <permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: cover crop resources
  • Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 00:35:52 -0700

I was planning on using 55 gallon drums for rainwater catchment and
storage until I realized how much rust had accumulated along the inside of
each barrel. Does any one know if this rust would pose a significant risk
to plants that are irrigated with the water? Is there such a thing as iron
toxicity or might there be other elements leached from the rust that would
be problematic in garden soils? I live in the Pacific NW and to my
knowledge the basalt that comprises our parent material already lends a
moderate degree of Fe to our soils.




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