Question about wood chips
I'm wondering whether it's OK to cover the ground of a large fruit cage
with wood chips that are partly from tanalised wood. A lot of googling hasn't produced a clear answer, mainly because older discussions date from when tanalisation used arsenic as one of the components. What's the opinion of those here? |
Question about wood chips
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Question about wood chips
On 11/03/2020 14:14, wrote:
On 11/03/2020 11:51, wrote: I'm wondering whether it's OK to cover the ground of a large fruit cage with wood chips that are partly from tanalised wood. A lot of googling hasn't produced a clear answer, mainly because older discussions date from when tanalisation used arsenic as one of the components. What's the opinion of those here? A bit more info: the tanalising is Lonza Tanalith. Active ingredients: 16.1% w/v (12.4% w/w) copper (Cu) present as a cupric carbonate ethanolamine complex and 0.64% w/v (0.50% w/w) tebuconazole. pH 9.5 (5% w/v product solution) Not a good idea, but you say partly? I guess if it was a small percentage it may not be so bad but you would be worried about eating the crop. I know because we have a fairly toxic arsenic layer in our subsoil and don't grow root veg because of that, do grow stuff like beans in raised beds. -- Charlie Pridham Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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