You guys got me to remembering when my family moved into a new house in Snyder,Texas circa 1959. We planted a couple of peach trees in that alkaline soil. Around one of them we threw nails pulled from some salvaged lumber. That tree sprouted more branches and grew bigger than the other, that's all.
Rick
From: "Bill Bentley" <ca...@caver.net>
To: "Daniel Hogenauer" <dhogena...@msn.com>,<rcrutherf...@gmail.com>,<Texascavers@texascavers.com>
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Ironite - Alternative
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:34:13 -0600
Go to a machine shop and take the small cuttings from the mill or lathe that usually get thrown away, it works great...and if they are small enough chips you can barely see them...Bill----- Original Message -----From: Daniel HogenauerSent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:21 PMSubject: [Texascavers] Ironite - Alternative
Ron asked, perhaps with drawbar in cheek, "What am I supposed to do now, bury some old tractor parts?" Well, what I did was to pick up discarded railroad spikes along the railroad roadbed and plant one with each shrub that needed more iron. I don't remember which they were, but it worked well, as I recall.
From: "Ron Rutherford" <rcrutherf...@gmail.com>
To: "S S" <back2scool...@hotmail.com>, CaveTex <Texascavers@texascavers.com>
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Ironite......good and good for you too!
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:04:23 -0500
>But nothing makes them roses grow in calcium rich/iron poor soil
>like
>a good dose of Ironite! What am I supposed to do now, bury some old
>tractor parts to rust away in the dirt and provide that much needed
>iron for my plants?!? Now we've got greasy tractor parts leaching
>(who knows what chemicals that old tractor has spread over it's
>lifetime) gak into the water/soil. I guess without the Atrazine,
>the
>weeds will just take over anyway. How is it that those weeds grow
>so
>well in iron poor soil?
>
>On 3/28/07, S S <back2scool...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>Why I am glad you asked......
>>
>>Ironite is obtained from the wastes of mining tailings and along
>>with it
>>contains a lot of heavy metals and arsenic. Although the mining
>>companies
>>have reported that such waste products are harmless for use in your
>>backyard, I have serious doubts. They stated that it is even safe
>>for rats,
>>based on their toxicology tests and the form is not biologically
>>active.
>>Here's my unscientific concerns about using ironite. For one thing,
>>I am a
>>human being and not a rat. Then that stuff piles up in your soil
>>and there
>>is nowhere to go, keep using it and it will all add up. When young
>>children
>>play in the yard, they might play with the soil and some will put
>>the soil
>>straight into their mouth. Most likely it will ultimately leach
>>down to into
>>the water, perhaps not within my lifetime, but for future
>>generations. No
>>matter how safe the tests would state, no heavy metals added in my
>>yard for
>>me. I don't need to be convinced with a short term study on this, I
>>am no
>>longer touching that stuff. So if you enjoy Lead and Arsenic in
>>your
>>garden, lawn, and in the Aquifer then go for it.
>>Otherwise.......leave it
>>on the shelf. Check the link below to the Lawsuit filled against
>>the
>>company......
>>
>>http://www.envirolaw.org/poison.html
>>
>>
>
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