Re: coldframe
- Subject: Re: [SG] coldframe
- From: S* F*
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 22:04:40 -0600
At 11:56 PM 7/12/2001 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 7/12/01 10:45:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>kmm@CADVISION.COM writes:
>
><< Rachel - are you using that cold frame for vegetables? railroad ties are
> soaked in cresote to preserve them and it is toxic. >>
>
>Pressure treated lumber is soaked in copper sulphate and arsenic and both are
>not merely toxic, they are poison to plants and questionable to use around
>children.
Thanks for the additional information - I guess i'm still thinking of
railroad ties the way they preserved years ago - actually, before they tore
the railway system up here in Canada, the ties I was seeing even 5 years
ago were creosote treated. They have a very different appearance from
pressure treated.
Susan Flewelling
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