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Life in the Soil: Pesticides in compost?

Posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 at 9:21 am.

Posted by amanda

Rodale Institute Chief Scientist Dr. Elaine Ingham answers your questions and talks about what is going on under our feet nationwide. Mark asks: To what degree does composting decompose pesticides, antibiotics, and other chemicals? Totally? Partially? To safe levels? How … Continued

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Trina on Not all compost is created equalVery much looking forward to your next post on this subject! Please include information about vermiculture, using eisenia fetida, red worms.
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Kevin on Mesophyllic fertilizer and soil culturingNicole, Always before planting and sometimes some more later such as potatoes where we put additional meso out before we hill up.