permaculture

[Paul Kosuth <prkosuth@ll.net>]

I used glass wool in Grad school to grow liverworts in flasks set growth 
chambers with micronutrient media. The plants loved it but when handling 
the glass wool I had to use gloves and shove it into the erylmeyer (sp?) 
flask with a glass rod otherwise I could get cut. Cool for the plants 
not to good for people. We used it because it autclaved (sterilized at 
high wet temps) quite well without breaking up and it was reusable.

paul Kosuth

Scott Pittman wrote:

> At 12:07 PM 2/10/04 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> > is glass fiber a dangerous medium where to grow vegetables?
> > Cheers
> >
> > Antonio Scotti
>
>
> I would think that fiberglass would be a danger to the gardener 
> causing itchy skin, and a danger to lungs, if inhaled.  I can't think 
> of how it would hurt plants, maybe leafy vegetables would have 
> fiberglass adhering to the leaves and then ingested.
>
> Scott
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