Is it ok to plant vegetables in a cedar container? ( I know you aren't supposed to plant gardens near cedar trees)?

( I know you aren't supposed to plant gardens near cedar trees)... Asked by simons_aunt 54 months ago Similar questions: plant vegetables cedar container supposed gardens trees Home > Patio, Lawn & Garden.

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Yes, in fact cedar containers are good choices in many cases There are many possible containers for gardening. Clay, wood, plastic, and metal are some of the suitable materials. Containers for vegetable plants must (1) be big enough to support plants when they are fully grown, (2) hold soil without spilling, (3) have adequate drainage, and (4) never have held products that would be toxic to plants or people.

Consider using barrels, cut off milk and bleach jugs, window boxes, clothes baskets lined with plastic (with drainage holes punched in it), even pieces of drainage pipe or cement block. If you are building a planting box out of wood, you will find redwood and cedar to be the most rot-resistant, but bear in mind that cedar trees are much more plentiful than redwoods. Wood for use around plants should never be treated with creosote or pentachlorophenol (Penta) wood preservatives.

Penta and creosote may be toxic to plants as well as harmful to people. Likewise, wood that has been pressure treated with a chromated cooper arsenic compound (CCA) is no longer available for home use. For safer alternatives, look for wood treated with waterborne compounds, alkaline copper quat (ACQ) or cooper azole (CBA), which are sold under trade names such as Preserve, NatureWood, or Natural Select.

Sources: http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-336/426-336.html .

Cornell cooperative extension is a reliable souce so it must be just fine. Cooperative Extensions are government agencies that promote good health and safe practices, so I would trust their advice 100% Contact your local Extension, should be in the government pages of your phone book, if you would like to speak to a live source. Home and Gardening TV also promotes use of cedar pots for container gardening:hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_containers_pots/article... site I visited recommended use of cedar pots.

This is a nice guide:gardenguides.com/how-to/tipstechniques/c... great guide:thegardenhelper.com/planters.html Sources: counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet... .

I use all kinds of containers to plant everything in. Cedar, I would think, would help keep bugs away. I can't imagine that it would hurt your vegetables.

Let me try to find something. Here's one: cleanairgardening.com/reccedraisco.htmlH... the best: ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-336/426-3..., and here's what they say:ContainersThere are many possible containers for gardening. Clay, wood, plastic, and metal are some of the suitable materials.

Containers for vegetable plants must (1) be big enough to support plants when they are fully grown, (2) hold soil without spilling, (3) have adequate drainage, and (4) never have held products that would be toxic to plants or people. Consider using barrels, cut off milk and bleach jugs, window boxes, clothes baskets lined with plastic (with drainage holes punched in it), even pieces of drainage pipe or cement block. If you are building a planting box out of wood, you will find redwood and cedar to be the most rot-resistant, but bear in mind that cedar trees are much more plentiful than redwoods.

Wood for use around plants should never be treated with creosote or pentachlorophenol (Penta) wood preservatives. Penta and creosote may be toxic to plants as well as harmful to people. Likewise, wood that has been pressure treated with a chromated cooper arsenic compound (CCA) is no longer available for home use.

For safer alternatives, look for wood treated with waterborne compounds, alkaline copper quat (ACQ) or cooper azole (CBA), which are sold under trade names such as Preserve, NatureWood, or Natural Select. Sounds like cedar would be a good choice! Good luck.

Sources: My opinion .

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