Peach Tree Planted Around Septic Tank – Safe To Eat Fruit?
Q: What do you think about eating the fruit from a peach tree that it was planted around a septic tank?
A: As long as the fruit does not directly touch the ground I would be comfortable eating it. Germs are not absorbed by the roots, so they can’t be transmitted to the fruit. Perhaps you could put thick mulch on the ground under the tree or even lay a tarp there to catch fallen fruit.
-
Advertisement
-
Follow Walter
-
Advertisement
-
-
July calendar
Flowers are starting to fade, so remove faded flowers and the stems that hold them. Summer...
Get The Checklist
-
-
-
name that plant
Post your puzzlers and help others with theirs.
Start Here
-
-
Trending Posts
-
1
How to Grow Ferns from Spores
-
2
Recovering loropetalum from severe pruning
-
3
Dogwood with hole in trunk
-
4
Creeping Jenny- Can I Kill The Oxalis In It?
-
5
Chinese Elm (Lacebark Elm) Varieties
-
1
How to ripen tomatoes in summer heat, sticky pollen
-
2
Blueberries Too Bitter
-
3
Wild Strawberry (Indian Mock Strawberry) – Identification
-
4
DIGGING AND STORING TENDER BULBS
-
5
Boston Ivy vs Virginia Creeper – Identification
-
-
Walter’s Bookshelf
Browse and purchase gardening books by Walter Reeves, plus select titles by other authors.
View books -
Popular topics
Soil Spring Summer Seed Winter Fall Flowers Weed Fertilizer Disease Shade Temperature Pots Oak Pine Pruning Mulch Watering Container Maple Compost Birds Herbicide Tomatoes Azalea Moisture Poison Pears Hydrangea Glyphosate Caterpillar Pests Cherry Roundup Irrigation Pre-Emergent Pesticide Stone Dogwood Peach Spider Pine Straw Magnolia Greenhouse Squash Squirrels Lemon Travel Beans Japanese Maple