Re: Make your own moss
- Subject: Re: [SG] Make your own moss
- From: C* P*
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:53:35 EDT
In a message dated 4/27/01 9:17:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Shishi@AOL.COM
writes:
<< narda, et al:
copper is quite poisonous to all plant life ( there may be some kinky thing
that tolerates it)
we had a client who had incredible copper roof gutters installed. killed
the
wahoo out a very pricey red twigged contorted willow, and everything else in
the drain field. >>
Hello Harry,
In a talk about the copper thing in garden this am with a pal who is a
chemist, he stated that copper sulphate and lime mixed together was the famed
bordeaux mixture used as a fungicide. It was, we thought, to be used on
barked plants before leafing out.
Sometime arsenate of lead was added for insects. The entire mixture is still
legal in parts of this country but considered very dangerous for home use.
The danger exists in the product being sold as a copper dust to be mixed with
water and sprayed. There is a problem with breathing all horticultural
chemicals prior to mixing.
Another item from this conversation that is fascinating is from my husband's
years of inner city historical rehab. He says that when a neighbor's tree or
large shrub shades or in any way aggravates you it can be killed with copper
nails. The nails are put into the tree, through the cambium layer and the
heads clipped or carefully nailed under the bark. The tree then dies and the
shade or dropped nuts or whatever is the problem goes away.
He tells me this is common knowledge in city gardens, being quite small,
often narrow, are much affected by their neighbors. I had never heard him
mention this and did not know it happened. One can live a long time and not
know everything.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
