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Is it safe to eat veggies grown in soil that has soured?
Yes, your peppers will be safe to eat. the only chance of contamination is if soil from your planter splashes onto the fruit, but they can be washed, and soured soil isn't much higher in human ...
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Can you eat lettuce that your dog pees on
Urine from healthy dogs (and humans) is sterile on leaving the body. It can, however, encourage the growth of existing bacteria: so these you would have been exposed to anyway.
Faeces are not sterile ...
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Is Plant Still Safe to Eat If Mysterious Mushroom Grew in the Same Planter?
It's Parasola plicatilis, previously known as Coprinus, common name pleated inkcap. These are delicate mushrooms with a short lifespan of 24-72 hours - nothing much to worry about, they are saprobic, ...
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How can I safely keep snakes away from the compost in a community garden?
I don't think there's anything that can be added to the heap to deter snakes, and whether the snake that's been seen is harmless or not, others which are possibly harmful may be attracted too, for the ...
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is perlite dust toxic or is it safe for humans to breath
According to the US National Institutes of Health (not politicized yet, thankfully), perlite dust is NOT hazardous. Here is a great source for more information - the relevant information is in the ...
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Concerns with breathing in fine particles from soil
It is not harmful to get some 'dust' in your lungs, sporadically. Your lungs will remove it via mucus, like you have noticed.
It becomes dangerous, when it becomes chronic instead of sporadic. So ...
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Huge Ammonia in compost danger?
Composting is an aerobic process. In a sealed container you will get anaerobic decomposition, which usually produces a horrible-smelling slimy mess, not what is normally described as "compost&...
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Recycling potting mix with perlite: Would I get garden soil with perlite dust?
I don't think you have to worry about the perlite. It is very close to whatever is already in the soil, you are adding small amounts relative to what is already there, and the dust isn't harmful.
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Reliable test to verify that the home made compost/manure is safe to use for plants?
There are three other ways through which you can check Firstly, by visual inspection, you may determine that the compost is crumbly and dark, and it should smell earthy. It might not have completely ...
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Can the bacteria in compost bin be dangerous for kids?
There are bacteria in compost heaps; but bacteria are everywhere, including within and on our bodies. In fact, bacteria in a human being outnumber human cells by 10 to 1, but we need the bacteria to ...
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Concerns with breathing in fine particles from soil
If working with organic soil mixes that include compost you need to work outside preferably with any wind blowing the contents away from you. If working inside you need to wear an approved ...
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Is this poison sumac?
That absolutely is not sumac or poison ivy. It's got a dogwood looking leaf on it. Look above this plant and see what type tree is growing over it. It's possibly some type tree seedling.
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Is Plant Still Safe to Eat If Mysterious Mushroom Grew in the Same Planter?
Could be a Mycena, Amanita, maybe others, I'm not an expert so I'd need to have a closer examination and a spore deposit to give you a real ID on the mushrooms. The mycelium is in the mix digesting ...
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Are my hoses safe?
when I first turn it on in order to water my plants and such, the water seems fizzy or foamy for about twenty seconds each time (well, once a day or so).
Nothing to get excited about. Dissolved gases ...
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How to safely use Baby Bio house plant insecticide spray?
This is white fly. Instead of spraying I'd use a dip. NEEM is pretty much similar to your Baby Bio? Use a paper plate slit once from edge to center, place on the top of this pot. Mix NEEM as ...
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Is it safe to place Emerald Green Arborvitae next to house?
I have read so much BS about trees damaging foundations that it's not funny. Almost all of this garbage is put out by people with a vested interest in you spending your money on their unnecessary ...
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Reliable test to verify that the home made compost/manure is safe to use for plants?
I worked at a greenhouse place where their test was to sow lettuce seed. If it germinated the medium was good. I was told lettuce seed is extremely sensitive to contaminants. This will not test for ...
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Reliable test to verify that the home made compost/manure is safe to use for plants?
It depends whether you are growing plants for human consumption. If you are worried about human parasites present in manure (E. coli, etc.), then there are recommendations available for the proper ...
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How can I safely keep snakes away from the compost in a community garden?
You might consider a compost pit when the soil/groundwater permits.
Dig a 1/2 meter pit and entrance stairs for removing compost. Cover the stairs with boards to prevent access by wildlife.
Cover ...
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Is it ok to cut tree branches with a jigsaw?
I wouldn't do this for two reasons:
Safety: the jigsaw is going to want to jump around and green wood is like a spring.
The blade on a jigsaw is designed for seasoned wood. Blades for green wood ...
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Are my hoses safe?
The drink water is not always 100% water with some mineral/salts.
It is just safe to drink.
Having seen some aqueduct, I can say that there are some lichens, mosses and seaweeds.
These are 100% safe, ...
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Is it safe to use vegetables which have experienced several frosts?
In addition to finding this question when looking into this, I came across an article from the University of Illinois Extension, which had some relevant information:
Probably the concern over eating ...
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Is it safe to handle soil with our bare hands?
Harvest mites attack in the late summer in the UK. I learned this while trying to grade land. the garden was all soil and stone, and I ended up with welts on my legs and arms, they where super itchy ...
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Is Plant Still Safe to Eat If Mysterious Mushroom Grew in the Same Planter?
Your mushrooms are Leucocoprinus cepaestipes, one of a few Leucocoprinus species known as "flower pot mushrooms" because they are very common in potted plants and greenhouses, even if no soil was used ...
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Help identify this plant please
I’m going out on a limb here, but the compound leaves with the significantly larger one at the tip plus the overall appearance of plant and flowers tell me that you have a pink jasmine (look at the ...
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LED grow lights in living space cause eye damage?
Neither lamp will use 200-400 watts, this is just the equivalent amount of light each will give off compared to an incandescent light of those watts.
Will it hurt or damage your eyes to look at a ...
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Safe to use dirt with a dead possum in it?
I personally wouldn’t because dead animals have bacteria and germs that are probably not safe for human consumption if you’re planting veggies fruit and herbs in it.
However according to Cornell ...
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Safe to use dirt with a dead possum in it?
My wife is a microbiologist who works at a veterinary laboratory and strongly suggests that you remove the hide and bones from the soil and bury them in a spot never to be used for edibles. She also ...
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Safe to use dirt with a dead possum in it?
I would just bury that in a spot where it can decay without being disturbed by normal gardening tasks. 2 feet down is a depth most people won't be digging again too often.
While possums can carry ...
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Remove stagnant water safely
Tip the pot on its side somewhere it doesn't matter that excess water will flow out, prop up the bottom on a brick or something so the pot is angled downwards at the top, and wait a day or three till ...
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