Re: green treated lumbar


> I guess my question is, is green treated lumber OK for flower beds?  
>I have heard that it isn't.

I agree, I think the issue is not whether it will hurt the plants, but 
whether the plant will absorb any chemicals. (if you're going to eat the 
plants)  I believe that some wood is treated with an arsenic compound 
and some with copper napthate.  

I have a raised bed and some flower boxes made from treated lumber, and 
haven't had any problems.  In fact, we have treated lumber around the 
perimeter of our vegetable garden (not too close to the plants) and have 
had no problems.

Around here, you have to use treated lumber if it touches the ground.  I 
put a wooden flower pot upside down in my yard so an injured critter 
could hide from my cat.  When I picked it up a couple of weeks later, it 
had obvious signs of being munched on by carpenter ants (I think).

As for the compost...been there, done that.  I told my husband that I 
was building a compost heap and he didn't have to play if he didn't want 
to.  After a few seasons, he finally decided it was a good idea, and now 
he has three!

Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7

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