Can I Ever Start A Garden On Land Sprayed With Pesticides?
I want to start a small organic garden on land that was sprayed with weed killer some time ago. Can I make it safe to grow food on?
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Those compounds have a limited life.
Find out what agent was used and research it.
As to ’safety’ : It’s probably safe now – for your plants.
Weed killer is a herbicide y’know.
All this talk about chemical agents rendering produce
unsafe is a lot of hype.
In practice, as long as you wash the stuff off the produce, it’s safe.
Just keep up on adding organic matter like compost and keep your soil lively and healthy and don’t worry about the chemicals used in the past. Most have probably either migrated into the water system already or broken down.
Almost all the land we use to grow food has been hit with pesticides/herbicides/fungicides in the past all you can do is to improve what you have and not apply any more.
This is what transitioning to organics is all about with the growers who are commercial and wanting to get their land certified organic.
It should be ok by now. You might want to remove the top layer of soil and replace it with mulch. If you’re starting a veggie-garden, this is a good idea anyway since the existing soil probably has very few nutrients. See if you can get some compost locally. My town collects leaves in the fall and grind them into mulch for us; you might be able to find a similar source. Otherwise, do it the old-fashioned way; just turn your proposed garden area into a compost heap until you get good soil. Then spread it out and plant!
Yes. Just plant your garden.
You don’t have to do anything special, just dig it up, plant it and mulch it to take care fo the weeds.
yes