Are Tyre Planters Safe For Food Growing?

That was the question asked abpout the popular home recycling method in New Zealand’s STUFF, recently.

The answer came from  gardening experts who agreed that there were benefits in landscaping from using tyres, but that there were also issues.

Plants grown in tyre containers tended to dry out as the tyres became hotter than natural ground or pots.

Experts at New Zealand’s Plant and Food Research argued that there was a probability of leachates from the tyres, using the same arguments as have been used against crumb rubber...

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