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mrpotatohead

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glass in ground.
« on: July 27, 2012, 17:42 »
broken glass bits in ground-will they end up inside  veg like tatties/onions etc? thet're small bits.
also, bits of compressed fibre board from old portacabin-any harm to health if turned into veg plot?  thanks.

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Kleftiwallah

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Re: glass in ground.
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2012, 18:06 »

I suppose the spud could form around the glass fragments, tatties more than onions. But a bit of a long shot.  Not sure about the fibre board.

Reminds me of a thread I read some time ago about an allotment with a damaged greenhouse and no tennant, the council sent in the workers and they removed the frame and then rotavated all the broken glass into the ground!

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chrissie B

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Re: glass in ground.
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2012, 23:18 »
every time i dig in my garden i come up with something , dug a hole by the fence to put in my clementice and got a length of electric cable, i piece of rubber sealer and various bits of bottle as well as some coal
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Re: glass in ground.
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2012, 08:03 »
I'm sure that a lot of allotments have been used as dumps for stuff people couldn't get to the tip. Then someone comes along with serious gardening intent and has a major clearing problem. The local scrap man has done brilliantly off a couple of plots near mine over the last couple of years.

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ilan

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Re: glass in ground.
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 21:22 »
dont think you will have anything to worry about after all you do not find sharp bits of stone inside veg , whilst fiberboard will just rot down eventually
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Re: glass in ground.
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 22:43 »
I dont think that bits of rubble will cause too many problems with the veg, apart from carrots maybe. I am just a bit ocd and have to pick out any i see, I worry more about cutting myself and tetnus etc, especially with shards of glass. My raised beds seem to have loads & plastic too as if previous owners have rotovated their recycling bin into the soil! If it was me I would remove as much as possible.
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Re: glass in ground.
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2012, 11:22 »
I worry more about cutting myself and tetnus etc,

Tetnus should be no worry if your tetnus jabs are up to date. I seem to remember that they last about 10 years and when you have had 3 you need no more ever. Tetnus (lockjaw) is not nice. Every gardened and outdoor person should be protected.
« Last Edit: July 29, 2012, 11:30 by Salmo »


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