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Reply With Quotewell people have been getting great results with it for a long time. so what do u think?
Are Plastic Flower Pots Really Okay to Use?
I'm kind of paranoid of Bisphenol A leaking into the soil and being absorbed by the plant.
BPA (bisphenol A) is a synthetic estrogen found in many plastics and causes complications in the natural development of humans.
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well people have been getting great results with it for a long time. so what do u think?
Hello. I like pot.
If you don't feel good about it, don't do it. I think as long as you don't cook in it, scratch lining or pour hot liquid into it -you should be fine.
Thanks Mr. Cheney.Originally Posted by elduece
There's two things maf$&k%s gotta know about J-to-the-R-O-C, straight up, you know what I'm sayin'? First of all, I spin more rhymes than a Lazy Susan and I'm innocent until my guilt is proven. Peace. Representin' Sunnyvale, straight the %&$# up. - J-ROC
You can make pots out of un treated wood. In my opinion the wood breathes better too. What but i have never heard of this.
Show me something duct tape cant do.
you can buy bpa free plastic pots.
I totally understand your concern with the plastic pot, but honestly so much of everything we consume comes in contact with plastic its kind of like what's the point? Maybe there's no BPA in your weed but it's in your milk and cereal.
your really worried about that? everything you can buy at the stores as far as plants go pretty much come in plastic pots? slim chance a company could make flowering pots that leak anything into our soils inside that could be harmful to use. just stay away from anything painted from china. those people and their lead paints....
I was think about this as well but plants may not absorb chemicals like we do
Check what kind of plastic it is made from. Mine appear to be #2 (HDPE). According to the research I've done this kind of plastic doesn't leach BPA, and it doesn't appear there are any known health concerns associated with it.
Type 3 plastic is PVC, which is the kind of plastic for which there are concerns regarding bisphenol a. BPA may be used in the manufacture of PVC products as a plasticizer, and polycarbonate plastics (#7) are made from BPA. The compound bisphenol a is organic (contains carbon) and has two phenol functional groups. Phenolic compounds are various and prevalent in nature and in plants. Apparently bisphenol a exhibits weak hormone-like effects in humans, mimicking estrogen, as an endocrine-disruptor, may disrupt the thyroid, etc.
I read one article that stated BPA is taken up by plant roots, metabolized in certain was and then distributed into plant tissues. The research determined that at the right concentration, BPA acted as cytokinin-like compound (plant hormone), stimulating growth and shoot differentiation (in carrots).
I would just avoid #3 and #7 plastics.
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