Re: Sunflower Hulls
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- Subject: Re: Sunflower Hulls
- From: A* D* <a*@crwys.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 18:23:54 +0000 (GMT)
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On Sun 10 Jan, linda lawyer wrote:
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> I have heard that sunflower hulls are toxic. If this is true is it OK
> to use them as a compost ingredient or should I dispose of them? We
> feed the birds and have several wheel barrow loads of hulls a year?
> Thanks for your help, Keith
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> Keith and Linda Lawyer
> lmlawyer@denisonisd.net
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Who told you that and on what evidence?
Just about anything vegetable
will break down and lose its toxiticy in a compost heap, especially when
mixed with other things and given time to rot down fully.
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Allan Day Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk