> > > >
> >
> >>Judy and Dave G wrote:
> >>
> >>>>Maybe I don't get out much, but a few days ago I was browsing the garden
> >>>>department at Lowe's and found some bags of rubber mulch.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>< snip >
> >>>
> >>>Yuck.
> >>>
> >>>10 years ago we applied to be certified as organic. When the inspector was
> >>>here doing the initial inspection on the lay of the land and the use of
> >>>chemicals in the bottoms, etc., she noticed a horseshoe setup. The previous
> >>>owner had used old tractor tires as the surround on each pit. She said the
> >>>runoff from that space would be away from the certified land, however, she
> >>>strongly recommended getting rid of the tires. She said
investigations had
>>>been done and the chemical that old tires would leach into the soil was
> >>>definitely NOT to be in contact with food. And definitely not organic. > >>>
> >>>And now it is being sold as a permanent mulch.
> >>>
> >>>Yuck.
> >>>Judy
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>You are making a big assumption that the inspector knew what she was
> >>talking about, and was not just groping for something bad to say about old
> >>tires because they offend her sensabilities.
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>Bob
> >
> >
> > Rubber mulch toxifies the ground with excesses of zinc. It is non-organic
> > & very harmful.
> >
> > -paghat the ratgirl
> >
>
>
> Perhaps, but I was talking about the old tractor tire that was on the
> property in the horseshoe pit in the original message. Not ground up tire > mulch.
>
> Ground-up tires would have enough surface area that *maybe* metals or
> cyclic hydrocarbons *might* leach out. But a whole tractor tire seems
> pretty inert to me, and not much surface area. Anything that can leach out
> already did leach out years ago.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob