Posted by phorbin on April 26, 2010, 7:21 am
says...
> I don't want to eat the stuff, or make a house out of it, or use it to sleep
> on.
We each have our own sense of what's safe and what's not.
To me, putting the ties in proximity with food plant roots will
eventually feed creosote to those plants because the creosote doesn't go
away as long as there is solid wood to hold it.
You may remain unconvinced which is your business. OTOH, I've convinced
myself that even though they're not near our vegetable garden, I need to
replace the ties around here with something less toxic and maybe even
more stable.
Posted by phorbin on April 26, 2010, 8:07 am
@yahoo.com says...
> says...
>
> > I don't want to eat the stuff, or make a house out of it, or use it to sleep
> > on.
>
> We each have our own sense of what's safe and what's not.
>
> To me, putting the ties in proximity with food plant roots will
> eventually feed creosote to those plants because the creosote doesn't go
> away as long as there is solid wood to hold it.
and I meant to add, "and a medium to conduct it."
> You may remain unconvinced which is your business. OTOH, I've convinced
> myself that even though they're not near our vegetable garden, I need to
> replace the ties around here with something less toxic and maybe even
> more stable.
>
>
Posted by phorbin on April 23, 2010, 9:05 am
deserttraveler@dishynail.net says...
> I want to grow a bunch of them. I have four 8' railroad ties. OLD railroad
> ties that are bleached white, so most of the chemicals should be gone.
Steve,
When we moved here there were a number of partly rotted out RR ties.
When I cut them down to use the remaining solid pieces to shore up an
eroding part of the hill, every solid section was full of creosote.
YMMV but my experience says that this stuff doesn't evaporate out.
I used them but they are 20 to 30 feet away from anything edible.
Posted by The Cook on April 25, 2010, 9:47 am
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:53:46 -0700, "Steve B"
>We bought some killer one gallon strawberry plants the other day. They all
>have strawberries on them, some ripe.
>I want to grow a bunch of them. I have four 8' railroad ties. OLD railroad
>ties that are bleached white, so most of the chemicals should be gone.
>Would an 8' bed raised that high (about 8") be a good bed? We got 10 yards
>of good compost from a nursery, and it is very high quality.
>Should I mix anything else with the compost? The local dirt is sand dune
>blowsand. Should I mix any gravel in for drainage?
>I want to put the black half inch pipe in there for irrigation. A friend
>who has a lot of strawberries says that they like a lot of water here. It
>gets blazing hot in the summer, and pretty cold in the winter. How wet
>should I keep them?
>I like using different meals, blood, bone, etc, instead of chemical
>fertilizers. What would be a good amendment?
>Lastly, propagation. Do you just plant them and let them grow? How far
>would I separate the plants?
>Thanks in advance. Hope this year's garden is better than last year's.
The best bet is to check with your county extension agent. They
should have the best information for your immediate area. Unless
someone who posts here lives very near you and has grown what you are
asking about, the answers you get here are mostly guesses.
Here is a link to finding the one closest to you.
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html
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