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Old 07-02-2003, 12:21 PM
Tsu Dho Nimh
 
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Default Compost--Heat and Herbicides/Pesticides

"B. Midler" wrote:

I'd like to follow up on something I heard regarding plant materials treated
with herbicides/pesticides needing to be set aside for a longer period of
time. Apparently, the heat generated through the composting process can
augment herbicide damage.


Keep in mind that the dreaded PCBs that contaminated a lot of
soil are broken down by normal soil bacteria ... most of the site
where they piled up the contaminated spoil to incinerate were
clear of detectable PCBby the time they got around to
incinerating.

Soil bacteria are amazing ... they can eat almost anything.

Just compost as normal.

Tsu

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