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by Susie Sweetpea
Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:34 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Caustic soda
Replies: 13
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Re: Caustic soda

Peter - I know what you mean, we had it second hand so went back to check with the person who heard it first hand and yes he does mean caustic soda!
by Susie Sweetpea
Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:27 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Caustic soda
Replies: 13
Views: 29230

Re: Caustic soda

Hi John and Alan

Many thanks for your advice re caustic soda. I will pass on your comments to our committee to discuss at their meeting tonight. Like John, I would have gone down the plastic (minus caustic soda) route.

Kind regards,

Susie
by Susie Sweetpea
Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:29 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Caustic soda
Replies: 13
Views: 29230

Caustic soda

I would be grateful for some advice on caustic soda. We believe that one of our new plotholders plans to put caustic soda on half of his allotment then cover it over with plastic for a year. We have never come across this as a way of killing off weeds. Is this safe to do, bearing in mind the plot is...