Comments on: How to Grow Tomatoes in a Container – Romas in 2007

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:44:24 +0000

I wondered about that. I did bleach the inside of the container first. We ate the fruits without any harmful effects. Maybe someone would use a different container; maybe something that held food rather than kitty litter. You could also say that the plastic itself sould be harmful. There are talks about plastic leeching chemicals into water when it gets hot. This may be something we need to think about before growing in any kind of container. It was an experiment on my part that only partially works. Thanks for your opinion.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:02:58 +0000

Cat litter contains chemicals that are harrmful. My biggest concern would be the length of time the litter was originally put in the box. Some boxes stay on shelves for a long time before being sold. Each chemical that the Unites States uses can be found at MSDS; this stands for material Safety data sheets. http://hazard.com/msds/ Cat litter contains chemicals such as toluene and quartz silica. These are carcinogenic to people and animals. Why would a person want to utilize a cat litter knowing that the material contained harmful ingredients? These chemicals stay in the container, there is no way to get rid of them. It stays in the plastic.

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Extreme Container Gardening: Tomatoes « Extreme Gardening! — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:44:32 +0000

[...] to share. I struck gold in the form of a blog by Robert Gasperson where I found the following post about his adventures in growing Roma tomatoes in an empty kitty litter [...]