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1-Old-Man

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22. Maybe not, I grow cantaloupes in nothing but manure and we've been eating them for years

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 05:25 PM

Aug 2012

There is no soil worth mentioning where I live so I got a bunch of cut stones from an old farmhouse chimney that fell down and built raised beds out of them on a terraced hillside. I put in cow manure that was 2 years old to a depth of 2~3 (many truckloads) feet and we started planting in it. The shit was too hot for the first couple of years but once it settled down it started growing great melons. We eat lots and lots of them and have for years - never a single health problem.

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Just how do you contaminate cantelopes and melons? [View all] hedgehog Aug 2012 OP

you rub 'em on your butt BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #1

If the melon is grown in a place fertilized with manure pnwmom Aug 2012 #2

Maybe not, I grow cantaloupes in nothing but manure and we've been eating them for years 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #22

And some people smoke cigarettes for years and don't die of lung disease. So? n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #23

2 year old manure vs. fresh runoff filled with disease..... piratefish08 Aug 2012 #24

water/fertilize them with contaminated water/animal waste nt msongs Aug 2012 #3

Place them in a room with Fox News on the radio. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #4

Its not easy HubertHeaver Aug 2012 #5

Until it is cut open, only the OUTSIDE is contaminated. Speck Tater Aug 2012 #6

Plants can take up contaminates from the soil and water. Japan is finding that out with its nuclear jody Aug 2012 #7

Why do you want to? FLyellowdog Aug 2012 #8

Basic food safety spinbaby Aug 2012 #9

Are you planning something? nt Javaman Aug 2012 #10

No - just trying to figure out why the fruit is being recalled. hedgehog Aug 2012 #15

Contaminants on the rind Scootaloo Aug 2012 #11

I hadn't thought of the damage to the rind. hedgehog Aug 2012 #14

Probably the fruit Scootaloo Aug 2012 #16

By going poopee in the field in which they are picked w/o facilities for poopee or hand washing. By lonestarnot Aug 2012 #12

dingdingdingdingding! kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #17

+++++++++ cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #19

there ya go! rateyes Aug 2012 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Aug 2012 #26

In some cases. growers fail to provide adequate restroom facilities for farm workers LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #13

Try this link: DeSwiss Aug 2012 #18

can be up to four weeks NJCher Aug 2012 #20

My local supermarket has cantaloupe on sale this week pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #27

You have fecal matter on your hands when you pick it. Then when someone cuts into the Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #25

Chicken shit for fertilizer. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #28

The outbreak in Colorado last year was caused by the conveyer belts CanonRay Aug 2012 #29

By handling them with hands that are contaminated with fecal matter containing a live pathogen slackmaster Aug 2012 #30