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Questions tagged [safety]

For safety questions in gardens.

As anywhere, there are safety issues in the gardening and when gardening. Use this tag for all safety questions. Some examples of safety issues in gardening are:

  • Poisonous plants, and plants that can sting / have spines
  • Handling of chemical pesticides
  • Use of saws, especially chainsaws
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Is it safe to use pressure-treated wood for raised beds that have been lined with plastic?

I have been advised not to use pressure treated lumber to build raised beds, but I just read your idea of lining them with pool plastic. If you did that, could you then use pressure treated lumber, which would at least stop the exterior of the beds…
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Is it safe to grow vegetables in a container made of stained wood pallets?

I made a couple of containers for my garden out of pallets. I wanted to protect them from rain, so I stained them with an exterior waterproof seal. But later I read someone mentioning to avoid using treated lumber for containers in which you would…
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Is it safe to compost junk mail?

Possible Duplicate: How should I use corrugated cardboard for mulch? Cereal boxes for mulch? Which inks which can safely be added to vermicompost bins? I've been shredding and composting my junk mail, to get rid of the damn stuff and also get…
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Can I eat carrots with wormholes in them?

I started cleaning up and cutting two big carrots to make a soup when I realized worms had dug galleries in them. Is it safe to eat them even if I clean them? So far I have not found any worms but can I be certain that there aren't any that I have…
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How does the "Ketchup 'n' Fries" plant produce both tomatoes and potatoes? Is it safe?

A recent article has left me quite amazed at the possibility of producing tomatoes and potatoes from the same plant. The article describes a technique called "grafting". How does it work, and are there any health implications that one should be…
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Are aquarium-water nematodes harmful to plants?

I water my houseplants and potted patio plants with the water drained from my aquarium filter as part of its routine maintenance. The canister filter is full of fish waste and nitrates that would provide a fantastic organic fertilizer supplement for…
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Personal Health: Garden Labor and back injury

Hopefully on-topic enough: What guidelines should gardeners follow in order to avoid back injuries and other health problems that could crop up in old age? Are all intensive gardeners doomed to some health problems from bending, hacking, whacking,…
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Help identify this plant please

I was given this which is a small bush in a pot. I was told it was a climber but the giver doesn't remember what it is. However my puppy got hold of some earlier and ate it and since then has been quite sick. Need an identification so I can know…
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Concerns with breathing in fine particles from soil

I've been filling planter boxes (PB5s to PB12s) with organic soil mixes, with a tiny amount of synthetic fertlizer. Is this bad for my lungs? The environment wasn't windy, and the soil was moist enough so that any airborne dust was unnoticable,…
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Is it safe to eat veggies grown in soil that has soured?

If soil smells sour will it make garden vegetables inedible? the pot my peppers were growing in didn't drain well. I fixed it, but every time I water them it still smells sour. Are the peppers going to be safe to eat?
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How to safely use Baby Bio house plant insecticide spray?

I've got a Dracaena plant; that has what appears to be white scale or something like it (see attached photos); I don't know much about plants, I bought this one in Vauxhall Flower market in London a year and a half ago, one month after it started…
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How long do I need to stay off the lawn after applying weed killer?

I have a 17 month old boy that loves to play outside. I just put weed killer down and I didn't see anything on the label saying when it would be safe for kids or pets. How long should I wait before its safe for him to play in the yard…
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Is this poison sumac?

Was just pulling this stuff out of the ground all over my back yard, and then got suspicious about the red leaves.
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Is Plant Still Safe to Eat If Mysterious Mushroom Grew in the Same Planter?

Two days ago I noticed a mysterious and short-lived mushroom in my planter that is housing a flowering "Carnival Blend" bell pepper plant. Yesterday it looked like this: Today the mushroom is dead and I can barely see any remnant of it. Some…
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What is the safest weed killer to use around a toddler?

I have a grass lawn, a vegetable garden, and a strawberry patch. The garden is in a raised bed, but no fabric under the soil or mulch on top. The strawberries were in a nice bed to themselves, but have become choked with weeds and it's our fault…
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