Re: Packing Pellets and Plants
- Subject: Re: Packing Pellets and Plants
- From: R* D* <s*@direcway.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
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At 02:46 PM 6/18/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Slightly off-topic, but it is for a citrus tree...I have an oversized
"planter" (a tall wooden crate) that I want to use for a Mexican Lime. I
want to fill the bottom half with something much lighter than rocks, and to
that end have collected some packing pellets from work: some pink s shapes
and white pellets. Does anyone know if these will harm my citrus? The
whites dissolve in water, so won't be particularly useful, but how do I tell
if the pinks are poisonous?
>
>Thanks
>
>Carol
Carol:
The white ones that shrink in humidity are some form of biodegradable non
food-grade starch. The others are either polystyrene foam or polyurethane
foam, not particularly biodegradable. I don't think they will leach out
more than plasticizers, which don't appeal to me, since these compounds can
be pseudoestrogens like dialkyl phthalates.
I wouldn't want to eat fruit from plants with these items in the soil.
Richard F. Dufresne
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