Health and Organics

Is it safe to create organic soil and mix organic nutes?Should gloves and masks need to be applied? My soil mix is Pro-mix, dolemite lime, Foxfarm Ocean Forest, Perlite. Organic nutes are Bmo. Do organic nutes post a health risk, I know there great for the girls, but can you get sick

working with lime and perlite good idea to take precaution. have never worked with the BMO line of products, I hear great things about the company. have a great grow!

Never used gloves or masks, even with guano. Probably not the smartest, but I make sure to wash my hands really good.

mushroom head said:

Never used gloves or masks, even with guano. Probably not the smartest, but I make sure to wash my hands really good.

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Me either and i'm still alive!

The real concern is your lungs; those can't be washed so easily. A dust mask is a great idea when working with certain things like sphagnum peat moss, dolomite, dry fertilizers and guano especially. Inhaling guano dust poses the risk of Histoplasmosis which is a fungal infection.

Nullis said:

The real concern is your lungs; those can't be washed so easily. A dust mask is a great idea when working with certain things like sphagnum peat moss, dolomite, dry fertilizers and guano especially. Inhaling guano dust poses the risk of Histoplasmosis which is a fungal infection.

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So true! I better invest in a dust mask

I tend to cover my face with my shirt when working with guanos.

If you go around collecting cow dung or bat guano yourself, then you might want to do the whole gloves, eye protection, and dust mask thing. If your buying commercial products from a store, chances are pretty high the manufacture already sterilized it. I still wouldn't go lick my fingers after I got done mixing my soil. Also, a shirt can double as a mask if you really need one. Just tuck your head and pull your shirt up.

It's like my range master always says.... we play with big boy rules. We don't need no stinkin' safeties.