RE: [compost_tea] Re: Adding non-organic parts to compost for tea?

From: Stephen Steyn <ssteyn_at_wcaccess.co.za>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:01:01 +0200

John:

I would imagine that any pesticide would impregnate the whole fruit. Maybe
you're right, maybe it only stays on the skin in which case you wouldn't eat
it except in cases where one ate the skin - such as eating an apple without
peeling it, or a grape.

I think most people are worried about anthelmintic (livestock worm remedies)
getting into the compost and taking out part of the web. One would think
that anthelmintic are designed to persist as many are supposed to have
extended efficacy (say 7 weeks). So people tend to avoid manures except from
organic farms.

SS

 

From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of skyjs
Sent: 23 June 2011 00:45
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Adding non-organic parts to compost for tea?

 

  

Hi Stephen,
My thinking was that the pesticides, etc, stayed in the skin and that is why
we didn't eat it, but I was worried that the skin, which we did not eat, was
going into the compost, and might do harm there.

There are a lot of people with PhD's and advanced knowledge about
microbiology on this list, which I don't have, and that is why I'm asking.
John S
PDX, OR

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Stephen Steyn" <ssteyn_at_...> wrote:
>
> John;
>
> If you're an organic guy, why are you not eating an organic mango? Why do
> you worry so much about your compost and so little about your son? Does
this
> not seem irrational to you too?
>
> My personal policy is to try and ingest as few chemicals as reasonable
> within the modern agricultural setup. I hope producers are aware of
> withholding periods on chemicals and that the stores I buy from have
> reasonable policies in this regard. As a producer, I use chemicals as
wisely
> as I know how, and try and limit their inclusion in my products. I don't
> worry so much about air miles and carbon credits in the products I buy. I
am
> aware though that some people worry about this, about plastics and their
> effects in the food cycle, about soaps and detergents we use etc.
>
> SS
>
>
>
>
>
> From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> ]
On
> Behalf Of skyjs
> Sent: 21 June 2011 07:34
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [compost_tea] Adding non-organic parts to compost for tea?
>
>
>
>
>
> My son today asked me, "Dad, if we don't eat the peel of the mango because
> it was grown in Mexico and probably has pesticides in it, should we really
> put it in the compost?"
>
> I am now having second thoughts myself. Does anyone have a reasonable way
of
> thinking about this?
> Thansk
> John S
> PDX OR
>





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