Is It Safe To Grow Potatoes In Tires?
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- I have spent the last 10 years helping people to grow their own food at home. And now I wonder about some practices. Is your homegrown food poisoning you? With so many chemicals in use in everyday life and people looking to recycle, reuse and repurpose products in the garden, IT got me wondering how safe tires in the garden are.
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Lots of people use tires as raised beds in the garden. Usually to grow potatoes, brassicas, or lettuce. I was recently asked the question by a viewer, " Is it safe to grow potatoes in tires"? I knew what I felt but i delved into the statistics to bring you the facts so that you can make your own mind up.
So in this video, I am going to take you through all the stats I found so that you can decide yourself if your homegrown food is poisoning your family. Stay tuned!
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And this is the link to the study about the illegal tire dump
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Just put new tires on the tractor yesterday and was going to use the old tires in my garden. This video was very timely. The tires are going to the recycler. Thank you!
Glad it helped! and that you made a good choice to recycle them instead.
I have a great idea for anybody who likes to use recycled planters. When my old clothes dryer died my husband removed the drum from it and I use that as a planter and it's so big and deep. I painted it up nice and painted a sunflower on it I just love it!
You can grow in milk crates you can grow in those Dollar Store laundry baskets you're only limited to your own imagination
Great research Tony! I remember us taking about this three years ago, I'm so pleased you've found some data.
Me too! Sorry for the late reply
I love your channel. I always recommend you to people when they start asking gardening questions!
Thank you for the huge amount of time you have invested in order to give us such important information. It is greatly appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Tony,
Great information and extremely well presented. This is the best discussion I have seen about tires anywhere. I have always been against using tires for any kind of gardening and as much as I like the concept of earthships I wouldn't want to live in such close proximity to a wall made of tires.
Thank you for this video. You have done a great service to anyone who sees this.
Stay safe, be well and all the best from California 💛
Hi thanks. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your comment
I saw a comment on a RUclips video about using compacted soil in tyres to build earthships from a person who works in the tyre manufacturing industry. This man said that using tyres was a terrible idea as the tyres off-gas some really bad chemicals and he recommended that tyres not be used for this purpose.
Great informative video Tony, many thanks for looking out for us gardeners.
You are very welcome Catherine :)
Thanks for that thorough informative video, I appreciate it. It does make you think a little further than your nose. I'll share this for sure with my fellow growers. Happy growing.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do all this research,lm with you all the way THANKYOU Tony 👌🌱🌱🌱💚
You are so welcome Joyce. thanks for your support
I appreciate this video and your no nonsense approach and your explanation...
Thank you 😊
Thank you for this very informative video, and thank you for all your research. Well done!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks Susan
Great information. Mom and I was planning to plants in tyres. Thanks for the information.
I am so thankful I saw this video. I was actually going to plant a few things in some old tires today so thank you so so much.
You are so welcome! Glad i could get you to see in time Jamie
Thanks for doing the thorough research. I built a retaining wall with tyres some years back and had to demolish it. The stench coming off them when the sun shone on them was horrendous and I could taste the chemical smell several feet away. Have that leach into my food? No thanks! Hearing what you said, I don't even like having them hang around on the edge of the plot in the shade waiting for some other unspecified use.
Great Breakdown Tony 👌 I like to reuse items in my garden too, I think I have over 50 coffee cans 😄
I think the colored tires with flowers looked cute, much better and safer then possible tire seepage in the veggies.
Yes they can be used in other projects to good effect. But not where food is concerned if you ask me
Dear Tony O'Neal,
This is an excellent video that is informative and thought provoking.
Thank you for this presentation.
Very good job.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Kathryn S.
Thanks Kathryn. I am glad you enjoyed it
@@simplifygardening, thank you for helping us be better gardeners while taking care of the planet on which we live.
Keep up the great work.
God bless you and have a great rest of your day.
Thank you!!!! I was just going out to plant potatoes in two old tires.
1st class video and it brings to our attention the possible dangers of using tyres, another thought is the water run off the roads that must contain tyre dust, this is often run onto farm land and used for crops, your search into the chemical build up of a tire is alarming, well done.
Its crazy the info i found out
I'm of the same mind as you Tony, we used to grow lots of food in tyres but within the last year we got rid of our last food crop (rhubarb) that was in a tyre.
Thank you for info. Definitely need to know
Glad it was of interest
Hey Tony, great video, professional look, I felt like I was watching BBC 😊 I sent it to my sister she's a flower gardener in the South Eastern US
Wow, thanks Penny appreciate that :)
Oh wow Tony, you must have spent hours and hours studying the subject! What dedication to your viewers! Thank you so much and I am not going to get tyres near my garden other than just using them as weights for when I cover an area with polythene when I need to kill the weeds for a time. Thank you again! Also, imagine all the poison leaking into the ground in all those play areas, riding arenas and so on? We are putting our children on these surfaces...not good!
Yeah its amazing what the resuse and repurpose movement has done, and I totally agree we need to do that where we can. but common sense has to come first
Yes, very informative. I wouldn't ever consider using tires, but I suppose some people would. I just strive to be as safe and healthy in my garden and household practices as I can. We all do what we can
Totally agree Shelly
Many years ago I grow veg in tyres was not very happy at the time with what I go from them so then thought they would make good composting bins not sure now if they were any good or not, but until now I never thought about what you have told me, I'll like to thank you they say you learn something new every day well done.
Glad it was of interest to you
Top video as usual Tony. The strange thing about loads of this stuff is that if we basically grew stuff how people did a few hundred years ago issues like this would never even come up.
Totally agree Sorry for the late reply
I can appreciate your research, the chemical leaching especially. Zinc leaching caught my ear, but it's the lead leaching that bothers me. I've turned down inquiries about growing in the tires, but am researching using painted tires found in urban areas for mobile seats away from planting spaces.
thanks for this indebt video on the subject of using tires for food gardening.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video Tony, a real eye opener. I definitely will not be growing any veg or anything else in tyres. Cheers 👍
Me neither
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Great suggestion! see what I can do Sorry for the late reply
Thank you for doing all this research! It helped me come to the conclusion that I will grow SOME kinds of vegetables in tires but not all. That's because I bought an old house and I wanted to find out if it was dangerous for me to garden near the house when there could be remnants of lead paint in the soil. I found out that you shouldn't eat the roots of anything (like a potato) but that fruits (like tomatoes) do not take any of the lead with them. Leaves are kind of in between so should be avoided. So it would make sense to me that the studies are inconclusive because it matters what the plants do with the toxins in the soil.
Great glad it has helped you make a choice :)
Wow, what an eye opener. I'll give the tyres a miss and stick to wooden raised beds. Thanks Tony, another great video.
Very welcome Stephen. Its amazing what we do without thinking sometimes
Thanks for the video!! I build veg beds using treated lumber with vapor barrier lining hoping the soil is not getting that much direct contact with the lumber, but never knew if it ever worked as I wished!!!
Thanks for the info! check out this blog about your raised beds simplifygardening.com/treated-wood-vegetable-gardens/
Very informative!! Thanks!!
Thank You,I almost used them for potatoes but was hesitant, hense me watching this video.😊
Glad i stopped you. check out todays video on potatoes I think you will enjoy it. ruclips.net/video/L1rf1FXtI9s/видео.html
Tx for the breakdown. I never used tires because I did not think that I could wash all the chemicals that they picked up on the road (leaked antifreeze). Glad to know I have not been to cautious.
Yeah so many contaminants, i wouldnt even roll the tire in the begining on my garden i went elsewhere to do it
Thank you very much! I was asked if I wanted some for my garden. Said I was looking it up and would let him know.The answer is of course No. I will tell him what I found out so he won't do it if and he has the time to have e one.Go pots not buckets because of the plastic.I was going to go with food safe buckets but they are plastic also.The cloth bags seem to be to be best and you can plant organic. I do as much as I can.My husband and I are older so I try to do whatever I can to keep it safe.Thank you , Barbara
I use plastic buckets but have tested these. I am running a test this year on some containers I have been using for the past 8 years when I get the results I will let you know
another great video mate! Makes Sense!
Glad you think so!
I agree with you Tony. Painting them with environmentally safe material for planting flowers is the only safe thing to do with tires. As always, thank you
Tony for this amazing informational video.
Thanks for viewing and glad you see the issue
AS a novice gardener, I look at a lot of sites that show the cute arrangements of painted tires being planted up, but I've never seen anyone put food in them, only flowers. I work delivering car parts and when I see the stacks of tires, I've thought I could do that, but, again, would never do food in them. Thanks for sharing your research. I've now decided to never think about them as 'cute' again!
I totally agree! They are far from cute. read the saftey sheets in the descriptions and ud never use them
First year using the Oakland 35L, just harvested first one. Amazing stuff man, thanks for the tip.
Got a very healthy tomato in the greenhouse in one too.
Yes, they are fantastic, and worth every penny. Great tip as you say
Awesome Sorry for the late reply
glad your enjoying them too Sorry for the late reply
Hi Tony, some how I have been missing your notifications. I had four nearly new tires that came of my car which had the winter tires on when I crashed the car. I tried to sell them but nobody was interested in them. This year I decided to use them and lined them with old compost bags. I will not use them again and they will go to the tip. Thanks for your excellent info. Eveline
Eveline loads of people are saying the same thing, They are not being notified. Im glad you decided against using them
Great video, Tony! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Another terrific video.
Thanks Debra
thanks for the research
Any time!
Shared. I've always believed it was unsafe and now you've given facts why.
U saw thanks Dolly
Great info! Wondering if same hold true to all other plasri growing containers /grow bags as well...
Thank you so much, sir!
Most welcome!
Thank you very much for a well put together and presented piece, which has certainly put me off the idea of using tyres.
Your welcome Nigel. Glad its opened your eyes
Very informative video, I am about to take on a council allotment which has at least 25 tyres in the ground, mostly with fruit trees in them. Looks like they have been there for years, I will be removing them first.
Sounds great! and a good move
I have often looked around the garden and allotment and wondered about various materials.. certain types of weed membrane that shred into fibres and of course, tyres. I know some allotments implement a total ban on tyres and certain carpets. Some trugs (which I have a few) are also made from recycled tyres. It appears there are very few items that are safe to use other than those that Mother Nature supplies 😉👍. All the best mate
🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻
I think society wants to recycle and they come up with products to use waste ,materials and make profits Nigel. But sometimes its from well meaning people who dont research first. Ive seen councils alreay pulling the tire mulch out of play grounds cause kids are getting sick on them
Interesting and very sobering. Makes you think about all the chemical based products we use in the food garden, such as fleece, pvc sheet, weed fabric and so on.
Some of which Im testing and looking into
Very nice video! I support you.
Thank you very much!
Sounds good advice to me thank you.
Glad it was helpful Stephanie. :)
i'm in agreement with you on this
Sorry for the late reply. I have been unwell. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Great information, I have one old spare tyre in the garage and eas thinking of planting potatoes in it, great timing and I will take your advice and grow flowers instead. Do I still need to raise it of the ground when planting flowers? Many thanks
Same could be said for pressure treated wood which contains arsenic, etc.
Thank you very much for sharing 🤗🤗🤗
Thanks for watching!
Oh my goodness i was cooking while watching this and when i looked up all i saw was the scarecrow and i spooked myself xD
Love your videos keep it up!!!
Glad you enjoyed! Ha Ha sorry Worzel scared you
@@simplifygardening Highly important video and excellent research. As a biologist I am very scared about the naivity of some people concerning environmental chemicals. Old tires belong to a special safety deposit and not into a garden.
Thanks Tony 👍🏼
No problem Andy glad u enjoyed it
It makes sense to me to that they are dangerous..
Here in the United States food grade plastic have a 1,2 or 5 in the little triangle box
... any other NO BUENO!.. Thanks Tony... just joined your channel.
welcome to the channel Sorry for the late reply. I have been unwell. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Wow I'm so glad I watched this episode....I had plans on using tyres for new potatoes .....I'm only half way into video and I'm already turned off and decided. No tyres !!!!!! Thanks a mil
Glad it was helpful for you to decide not to use them
I bought some fabric pots on Amazon. They seem to be working well for my potatoes!
There's still a lot of conflicting information on growing in tyres.
I still grow in tyres, but am reducing the usage for my root veg like potatoes hopefully this is my last year. I am less worried about growing fruiting vegetables in tyres because fruiting plants have the ability to filter out toxic chemicals in the soil.
That said I agree with you on erring on the side of caution
Great point! mate id rather not have them at all. but its interesting to see the info in thise sheets
i have a pile of 20 painted tyres that i grow in, i only grow herbs ,strawberries and flowers in them , i keep them all under and around a tree , so they don't really get wet , i move my flowers in to the older tyres and new herb cuttings in to the new ones, i do line all of my tyres though because i was never sure enough to grow anything else in them,so this was a good video for me 👍
Mandy I am glad you got value from the video
@@simplifygardening i always do ,,love the channel 👍
Brilliant idea thanks for showing. You know i had same concern about chemical heavy metal leaching in soil issue. So happy you clarified. One option could be shady area or just using short term before leeching could occur? Thank you!
Another option could be by covering the insides and outsides of the tire with a safe material so the rubber won't touch the soil or the plant. I haven't tried this but I am planning to. The tire would be just a reinforcement structure that holds the soil without touching or leaching the soil.
@@HideorEscape super idea mate will give this a try sounds logically safe thanks!!
Ultimately as you say, a tyre is a tyre, and wheather studies have been conclusive or not in proving toxicity I'd keep away. We all need to reduce toxin ingestion and the best we can do this is by tackling the known sources.
Thank you for opening my eyes.
Nice
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for visiting
THANK YOU!!🙂❤
You are so welcome. Glad you enjoyed it Susan
Great information I won't be growing in tyres better safe than sorry thank you for sharing this information tony
Glad to help pal. its amazing when u look into it
WoW very interesting who knew their was so much in a tyre. Thanks for that interesting video and hope you get to your 200K goal by Christmas
Thanks, Barry. Glad the video was interesting to you.
Hello Tony,
Thanks you so much for the incredible research and informative presentation you give us all here.... Very Cool Brother...
No Tyres for us here down in Eden, not worth the risks.
Just seen the subs BTW.... 200K for Christmas sayeth the GURU!!! LOL.
Take Care Matey.
Cheers
T
Glad you enjoyed it Tony thanks m8
I use several self watering plastic containers for growing tomatoes and am wondering if those would be potentially worse for any build up of toxins since the water stays in the reservoir and there is none of the usual drainage. I look forward to your findings on growing vegetables in plastic containers. Thank you.
Im in the process of testing it out. video will be later in the year
1:53. Wait for it...always makes me jump. We were going to use old tyres to grow in, not now. Thank you
Glad you have decided against them Pablo
My thoughts are exactly like yours! I'm not risking my family's health. N0 WAY. Growing flowers in them is fine, but actually I just don't want any around as they do leach chemicals and I've seen how people suffer and die from chemicals here in the States. No thanks! Great video and excellent coverage; I appreciate your time given to research it.👵🎶🗽☔😊
Thanks Melody glad you enjoyed the video
I’m with you Tony, I’m trying to keep nasties out of my food chain ....
yeah so many people just want to reuse stuff without thinking
Hi from California. I just saw your post on tires. I am not surprise with what you were able to find out. I would like to know is it safe to use plastic trash containers for planting fruit trees, or do you think that they may have the same chemicals as well? We have a lot of gophers and in soil burrowing pests and I would like to use them as barriers when planting the trees in the ground. Thank you for your channel. I find you a great help in gardening.
Im working on a video on that so stay tuned Sorry for the late reply
Like 565 👍👍
Very new idea for growing potatoes in tyres 🤗🤗
Thanks dear🤝
So nice of you
your good Tony!
Thanks Lizzie :)
Definitely won’t be using tyres after hearing this. Love your channel Tony can’t wait for the next video. I’m interested in trying to grow a giant pumpkin for the kids. Do you have any tips?
Me neither Sorry for the late reply
Nada mejor que lo natural, sin nada de contaminantes para la buena salud, mil gracias por este hermoso video, que nos indica como vivir un poco mejor, sin tantos venenos por todos lados. Felicidades sigan asi se agradece. 🙏🙏🇨🇱
Zinc is an essential nutrient lead is a poison but the plant has to take the lead up which will be in varying degrees before we can ingest it. Polypropylene pots will also have chemicals that depending on how well they are locked in to them could also leach them out it’s nice to be safe but how far do you go even the most carefully looked after organic soil will have detrimental minerals in them they’re a part of nature, keep up the good work like your vids👍
Yes Malcome. I am running tests on those too my friend, the results will be out after the harvest this year
Hi Tony. Very informative video and very surprising! I have seen lots of allotment holders using tyres. If your not sure 🤔 Don’t do it! Is the message. Thanks 🙏 Tony. Regards. Eamonn.
Thanks for the comment. I agree dont take risks
I can see how all other options should be explored before going with the tire. But if you have no other option, it will be fine in my opinion. Subscribed.
Thanks welcome to the channel
Hi Tony I agree with everything you said on using tyres to grow veg in the thing is I am starting to worry about compost I wonder what they are putting in it since they have stopped using peat I have just opened a bag of wetland multi gro compost and it is full of strange bits of looks like plastic and wool ifeels like cotton wool your thoughts please barry
Barry I am going to do a video on it to back up my compost video so stay tuned mate
yeah, this makes sense. I grow gladioli in tyres.. I dont reckon I would grow spuds in them tho. I bought some of them buckets from oakland to grow my spuds in.
Too many unknowns for me Emma :)
Thankyou ...bring a tire in your house. Leave for one hour.....when you walk back in what does your nose tell you....I dont want to eat that....your info takes it to the next level...thankyou again
Exactly
thank you
You're welcome. check out todays video on potatoes I think you will enjoy it. ruclips.net/video/L1rf1FXtI9s/видео.html
Interesting!
Glad you think so!
hi tony
i don`t use tyres but a very well made and interesting video
i would like to ask about all the mulch on your veg beds have you a video of how you use, apply and the thinking behind it
the mulch i take it is the same as on top of the tubs of potatoes which was rapeseed straw which i asked you about being treated with
eucalyptus oil.
regardes phil
Yes, absolutely, check the videos it was about 3 weeks ago. In fact here is a link ruclips.net/video/X_dSXM9ioYQ/видео.html
I agree with yr opinion
Thanks Ed
Hi Tony, I’m in York North Yorkshire, is it too late to plant potatoes in the UK now? What kind of potatoes at this time please
Thank you for all your wonderful information you are giving us
Sorry for the late reply you can plant now for Xmas spuds
Hiya, Ive never used tyres to grow anything, and after watching this video, I certainly never will, thank you for putting the information out there, as it something I may have done in the future. I was wondering if it would be beneficial for people who already have flowers/food, to line the tyres with a thick food safe plastic...if there is one? Many thanks for the video.
Glad I could help! Sorry for the late reply
Hi Tony have a few questions about when to harvest potatoes. How many days before I should/could harvesting Marie peer, Charlotte, king Edward, desire, also how do I prepare my raised bed and buckets for next year potato crop. Should I add fertiliser/feed etc and then cover raised beds and buckets to block out light with a ground sheet that will still let water in etc until I am ready to plant next year. Will this give me a better crop.
Charlotte around 90-100 days the others around 120-140 days
Thanks for that after seeing this I would not use tires I also think they don't look good even if you have them raised off the ground you still have soil in side them
Yes Dan i think they are going to cause some issues in years to come
Thank you
Thanks for viewing. Hope it was of interest
Yes very much so, thank again
very interesting
Glad you think so!
Thank you for doing this - I'll use it as a reference to send people to. It has always horrified me. I'm all for creative reuse, but all the toxins they're made of and come in contact with, why risk it? The lead in the ground where tires were degrading is reason enough!
Im glad its helped you not use them. hopefully others will do the same and stop using them in the garden
Thanks for this video, I can't wait to copy and paste this next time I see someone growing in a tyre. Just for the fact lead is in them is a big no no.
I agree Erica, its not good. Sorry for the late reply but you know why now. Tony
Quick tip when using anything in the garden like old tyres, plastic boxes etc check if they are toxic when burnt (google do not actually burn them) if toxic do not use for garden beds instead I use old car tyres for garden seating, water features, tree swing, huge tyres for strength training... bed bases for garden beds..leftover cardboard packaging for killing of grass patches to soil...
ID never use them in the garden if I growed any sort of food. in flower gardens not so much an issue though
I agree with you 100% my friend, let's try NOT to create another Monsanto situation!
No that would not be good
Wounder if it could be coated by somthing..dang I have a gym we use tiers for xersize. So thought it would be cute to use them as garden bed and easey
They be ok for flowers and plants but i would stay away from food. rubber moves it be difficult to seal it. check out todays video on potatoes I am sure you will enjoy that too. ruclips.net/video/L1rf1FXtI9s/видео.html
Hope all is well over there !! No new video has me wondering!!
Got one coming on tuesday ive been very unwell
@@simplifygardening Thank-You for the reply and sorry you had health issues. Glad you are back on the go.
@@michaelboom7704 Thanks
Another poison problem is the broadleaf herbicide sprays most cash crop farmers use on hay and straw. In North America it's used by the huge majority of farmers. The hay is then eaten by the animal where some remains in the flesh and also passed on through the manure where it remains for around 18 months before it totally breaks down. It's also used on pastures for grass fed animals, so you really need to ask where the hay and straw (and manure) come from and whether or not this type of herbicide was used. Bagged manures are no safer since they're quickly composted and distributed with the chemicals still intact, straw mulches are a direct deposit. Why does this matter? Because many of our veg plants are broadleaf and we risk losing them to the silent herbicide killer. Sometimes we simply have no choice over what we can use but we need to be aware of the health hazards involved.
Yeah so many things that require addressing