Old tyres on allotment
 

I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
Thanks
Zinc

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"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply) wrote
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:I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
: I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
: Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
: Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
: Thanks
: Zinc

I don't think they break down, well not in our life time anyway. Bob
Flowerdew uses them and he is 'King Organic' so they must be ok but it'll be
interesting to hear other answers

Old tyres on allotment
 

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Robert wrote:

"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply) wrote
in message ...
:I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
: I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
: Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
: Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?

I don't think they break down, well not in our life time anyway. Bob
Flowerdew uses them and he is 'King Organic' so they must be ok but it'll be
interesting to hear other answers

No, that is wrong. They break down in 5+ years, depending on the tyre,
from a combination of ultraviolet and oxygen. They may take a very
long time to break down completely. If they are natural rubber (and
your guess is as good as mine), then the main other materials are
sulphur and carbon (both pretty harmless), plus the steel and fibres
of the reinforcement.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Old tyres on allotment
 

"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply) wrote
in message ...
I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
Thanks
Zinc

Don't set fire to them. Then they should stay organic for a few more years.

Use them for growing spuds.

Dave

Old tyres on allotment
 

"Zinc Potterman"wrote ...
I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?

Everything you wanted to know about tyres...
http://floti.bell.ac.uk/johnpenny/pdfs/ea_tyres.pdf


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Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Old tyres on allotment
 

someone here wrote:
"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply) wrote
in message ...
I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
Thanks
Zinc

Don't set fire to them. Then they should stay organic for a few more years.

Use them for growing spuds.

Dave


and another bouus is that if they came off a Ferrari
whatever you plant in them they will really grow fast

Old tyres on allotment
 

"Ron Palmer" wrote in message
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someone here wrote:
"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply)
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I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted
about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
Thanks
Zinc

Don't set fire to them. Then they should stay organic for a few more
years.

Use them for growing spuds.

Dave


and another bouus is that if they came off a Ferrari
whatever you plant in them they will really grow fast

I guess Reliant Robin tyres are no use. Slow growing and wobbly veg

Old tyres on allotment
 

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Use them for growing spuds.

Dave


and another bouus is that if they came off a Ferrari
whatever you plant in them they will really grow fast

I guess Reliant Robin tyres are no use. Slow growing and wobbly veg


I dunno - wasn't it a Reliant Robin which lost a dibble Range Roller
across fields?

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Use them for growing spuds.

Dave


and another bouus is that if they came off a Ferrari
whatever you plant in them they will really grow fast

I guess Reliant Robin tyres are no use. Slow growing and wobbly veg


I dunno - wasn't it a Reliant Robin which lost a dibble Range Roller
across fields?

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Something similar ;-)
A FUGITIVE at the wheel of a green Reliant Robin held six police cars and
two helicopters at bay in a high-speed chase all the way from Salisbury to
Blandford
http://archive.swindonadvertiser.co....27/200398.html

4 tyres are better than 3 for spud production.

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To genuine replies many thanks for info.#
The rest of you need to find something to do.
Zinc

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"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply) wrote
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I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
Thanks
Zinc

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Zinc Potterman writes
To genuine replies many thanks for info.#
The rest of you need to find something to do.

We have. We talk around subjects suggested by the posts on this group.
This isn't an advice bureau, you know - it's a discussion group.
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Old tyres on allotment
 

"K" wrote in message
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Zinc Potterman writes
To genuine replies many thanks for info.#
The rest of you need to find something to do.

We have. We talk around subjects suggested by the posts on this group.
This isn't an advice bureau, you know - it's a discussion group.
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A little humour interspersed here and there lightens life a wee bit and
doesn't offend me.
As regards the subject in hand I have, - through the years, many times seen
tyres stacked one on top of the other and way back this was the method used
by friends of mine who were keen carrot contestants at shows. They piled
enough tyres for their purpose and filled the inside up to the top with
their own 'secret' mix of compost. They then shoved broom handle down the
middle. They then - with the bottom of the stick (handle) kept still ,
revolve the handle in circular fashion until they had formed a long tapering
'tube' shape in the pile compost. they then filled the lengthy (ice-cream
cornet shaped) with another special secret soft, thin compost. Then they
sowed the or four seeds each in three or four or five 'tubes'. As they
grew, the weaklings were nipped out leaving one plant in each 'tube.' They
are then fed with the gardener's own secret fluids .
For show purposes unblemished carrots of excellent shape and skin features,
four to five feet long were quite common.
Doug.
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Old tyres on allotment
 

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:33:57 +0000 (UTC), "Zinc Potterman"
. (delete 123's to reply) wrote:

I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
Thanks
Zinc

Bung one on the ground fill with earth and plant 5 potatoes in it.
When the leaves show above ground bung another on top fill with earth
and bung in another 5 spuds. Continue untill too high.
You'll have a massive potato harvest in very little space.

Old tyres on allotment
 

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:30:56 -0000, "Rupert"
wrote:


"Ron Palmer" wrote in message
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someone here wrote:
"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply)
wrote
in message ...
I just acquired an allotment and there are lots of old tyres dotted
about.
I was hoping to stay pretty organic.
Do I need to get the tyres off quick?
Are they a source of pollution/toxins as they break down?
Thanks
Zinc

Don't set fire to them. Then they should stay organic for a few more
years.

Use them for growing spuds.

Dave


and another bouus is that if they came off a Ferrari
whatever you plant in them they will really grow fast

I guess Reliant Robin tyres are no use. Slow growing and wobbly veg

Oi I had Relly Regal and it went like stink

Old tyres on allotment
 

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:48:14 +0000, K wrote:

Zinc Potterman writes
To genuine replies many thanks for info.#
The rest of you need to find something to do.

We have. We talk around subjects suggested by the posts on this group.
This isn't an advice bureau, you know - it's a discussion group.


Amen