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Gardening

MiHale

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12. You are absolutely correct...

Reply to Donkees (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 14, 2023, 05:24 PM

Mar 2023

but if those chemicals were never applied it doesn’t apply…haha. We cannot account for airborne contamination or runoff from adjacent farms. So once again it’s the source, can’t go blindly, gotta have it around (location). Amish heavy area.

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Straw Bale Gardening [View all] MiHale Mar 2023 OP

My friend's husband tried this a few years ago & has stuck with it. CrispyQ Mar 2023 #1

👍 MiHale Mar 2023 #5

I love to use it as a ground cover and a cold weather blanket for my tender plants. flying_wahini Mar 2023 #2

Our garden has a straw addiction... MiHale Mar 2023 #6

Had ok results a few years back, while still in Ohio. we can do it Mar 2023 #3

i'be already planted by tomatoes, squash etc rampartc Mar 2023 #4

This to me is all an experiment... MiHale Mar 2023 #7

good idea. rampartc Mar 2023 #8

I gave up this idea after reading about persistent herbicide residues in straw bales and the compost Donkees Mar 2023 #9

Lucky enuf to get organic... MiHale Mar 2023 #10

I've read that it can take several years to decompose those particular herbicides in the soil ... Donkees Mar 2023 #11

You are absolutely correct... MiHale Mar 2023 #12