Comments on: Is It Safe to Use Pressure Treated Lumber in the Vegetable Garden? https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2017/10/is-it-safe-to-use-pressure-treated-lumber-in-the-vegetable-garden.html Grow What Nourishes You Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:03:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Duncan Lance https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2017/10/is-it-safe-to-use-pressure-treated-lumber-in-the-vegetable-garden.html#comment-37559 Wed, 30 May 2018 23:39:43 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/?p=6765#comment-37559 Thanks for the advice, my wife was considering using pressurized lumber for our landscaping and her garden. It is nice to know that there are really no chemical hazards for using this kind of wood. Although, it is surprising to still read how many chemicals can get inside of certain vegetables.

]]> By: Audrey https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2017/10/is-it-safe-to-use-pressure-treated-lumber-in-the-vegetable-garden.html#comment-36928 Wed, 02 May 2018 15:11:19 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/?p=6765#comment-36928 YES! on the tire planters for food comment. I am also nervous when I see pallets re-used for food planters. You have no idea what material was shipped on them and what may have leaked on them. Use them for flowers, maybe, but not food.

]]> By: Jeanne https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2017/10/is-it-safe-to-use-pressure-treated-lumber-in-the-vegetable-garden.html#comment-34829 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:37:10 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/?p=6765#comment-34829 In reply to tamara.

Hi Tamara! Really, the choices is yours to put the soil in now or wait. If you do put the soil in now, you run the risk of growing a weed crop (my favorite winter activity). Cover crops are fine and can be used to amend the soil. I usually do bed repair on the wooden frames now and over the winter, then amend the soil in March before spring planting. Hope this helped and thanks for leaving a comment!

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