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  • From: Claude Genest <genest@together.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Creosote
  • Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:29:57 -0500

I had the same question last year on this list and was told essentially not to worry about it too much....
The creosote logs I had were over a hunfred years old ( most railroad ties will be old) and so most of the leaching is long gone. Also, you could leave the ties out in the sun for a season and finally, you could grow cover crops near the ties for a year ot two to suck up any residual yucchiness. Finally, you could always grow perennials/companion plants nearer the ties and leave your more delicate food plants furhter away from them...


On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 11:04 PM, BK wrote:

Hiya.

Any more info on creosote? How bad is it? Would anyone dare touch food grown
near it?
I knew it wasn't great stuff, but there were quite a few laying around with
little else to use for an edge.

Should I rip em out and find something better? High priority/low priority?

Cheers,
Bear
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