Re: Milorganite
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- Subject: Re: Milorganite
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 01:02:47 -0400
Joanie, belated welcome to the list:-)
I'm sure it contains some heavy metals, but understand that the Milorganite
brand has less than my locally produced brand. This stuff is NOT
recommended for vegetables or edibles...it's sewage sludge! But, it is
benign for grass, for which it is designed. Should be applied at the
recommended rate.
If anyone is concerned about heavy metal build up in their soil, then it
may be best for them not to use sewage sludge products at all. All sewage
sludge products will contain some heavy metals if they are derived from
large city/industrial area sewage...... My personal take is that you'd
have to apply a *lot* of Milorganite over an extended period of time to
build up an appreciable amount of anything.
I subscribed to Organic Gardening for over 20 years - still have stacks of
them from when they were in a 5 x 7 format back in the early '70s.
Dropped the subscription several years ago as their new format and
"attitude" did not thrill me. A lot of the information provided by OG is
very good, but you do have to realize that they are fairly fanatic about
it:-) I know, I used to be fairly fanatic about it, too, back when it was
not fashionable to be "organic". No harm done, but it is good to strike a
balance.
Rodale still produces the best books on organic gardening, one just needs
to be aware of who is grinding which ax.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Jeaa1224@aol.com
> Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 3:54 PM
>
> Hi everyone -
>
> Since I've only been a list member for a few weeks, I'm reluctant to rain
> on anyone's parade, but there's some information about this product that
you
> may
> want to check out before deciding to use it. Since subscribing to the
> magazine "Organic Gardening" some years ago, I've read quite a bit about
> Milorganite and sludge and the process used to create it. There can be
heavy
> metals in it, albeit within governmental limits, but there is great
debate
> about safe vs. questionable limits, even those set by the government, as
> there is about the variable analysis of contents in each quantity
purchased.
> If anyone's interested, I can go back through my files and recheck this
info
> and also see if I can provide an informative web site.
>
> Safe gardening, Joanie
>
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