Re: Half-Life of Poisons, Weed-Killers, Etc.

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• Subject: Re: Half-Life of Poisons, Weed-Killers, Etc.
• From: B* D* <T*@theimagemill.com>
• Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:03:24 -0400
• In-Reply-To: <60F2AD38D91CD1119F6D00A0245B47AD06DFF0@hco.healy-co.com>

At 11:47 AM 7/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Arg, I hate to post this, I know you're gonna beat me up, but...
>
	When I moved into this house I asked the same question. I had been told
that the lady who owned it used a lawn service regularly and I was sure
that there was all sorts of poison in the lawn.
	I was told several things, and have learned some since then, but it all
boils down to good news. First of all I was told that composting would
remove most commercial poisons from my grass clippings. I didn't believe
this so I waited a full year before using any in compost for my food
garden. I did use them on my flower garden though.
	Someone told me that to get an "Organic" status I should have waited 3
years...but by the time I actually used the compost it had been almost two
years.	
	I still haven't figured out why one should have to wait 3 years if
composting actually works to degrade poisons. I must assume that it doesn't
work completely.
	However, on a side note, I felt quite happy using the cuttings from my
horticulture as compost. I figure that running through the assimilation
process twice, and then the decomposition process twice should be enough.

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