Re: [CH] O.T. (?) Gardening
Calvin Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Tue, 02 May 2000 18:46:20 -0500
Michelle-
Do NOT use the stuff. It was probably bagged by some kid making 5 bucks an
hour filling bags with whatever was there. Take it back and get another
one. If it has not been composted you could give yourself a lot of grief.
Calvin
Michelle DeWitt wrote:
> I purchased Hyponex potting soil from K Mart this week and one bag had
> all kinds of strange plant pieces, whole stems with leaves and roots.
> The rest of the bags were fine. There was just this one weird bag. Do
> you think it would be OK to use it if I picked out the plant particles?
> They didn't even look rotted. Didn't see any bugs.
> Michelle in KC
>
> Byron Bromley wrote:
> Potting soil containing wood products.
> Source (?) "Green Thumb" potting soil from Wal-Mart
> Lost 6 Brandywine tomatoes
> Reason Western Subterrian Termites.
> Could happen in your chile pots also.
> Next time, NO Potting soil with wood products.
> Byron
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