Rust in containers

garyc1234 · July 2, 2016

I was cleaning out one of my old Earthtainers (from a model made ~7 years ago), and I noticed some rust where the cage is attached to the Earthtainer. I've attached a picture. Is rust in a container still safe? Just want to make sure I'm not accidentally poisoning my family growing tomatoes. Thanks!

Worth1 · July 2, 2016

Rust is only iron oxide about the same thing that is in ironite along with sulfur the stuff you put on the soil to give them iron.
You certainly wont have an iron deficiency if you keep the soil on the acid side.

Worth

garyc1234 · July 2, 2016

Thanks!

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Rust is only iron oxide about the same thing that is in ironite along with sulfur the stuff you put on the soil to give them iron. You certainly wont have an iron deficiency if you keep the soil on the acid side. Worth

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garyc1234 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zone 10a (Alameda, CA) Posts: 67	Thanks!