MY ADVICE, TALK TO YOUR FORESTER, ASK IF PINE TREES SUCH AS OUR NORMAL SPECIES; SLASH, LOBLOLLY OR LONG LEAF WILL GROW ON LANDS STREWN WITH PINE BARK ASH WASTE SLUDGE. CALL YOUR COMMERCIAL FARMER, THE ONES FARMING HUNDREDS OF ACRES AND ARE LOCAL, KNOW THE FARMS AND KNOW THE AG-LANDS. THEY KNOW THE SOIL PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS TOO. COMMERCIAL FARMERS I’VE SPOKEN WITH WILL NOT LEASE LANDS STREWN WITH THIS WASTE, BECAUSE OF POOR PRODUCTIVITY.
BOTTOM LINE, IT’S UP TO YOU. THE COUNTY AGENT IN PIERCE COUNTY COULD GIVE ME ABSOLUTELY NO TEST RESULTS FOR ANALYSIS ON THE PRODUCT, NEITHER COULD WITTMER AGRI-CYCLE INC., EMBEDDED AT GP BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE, NOR WAS THE CONTRACT CONSUMER TRUCKER, JOEY DENISON ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY VALID CURRENT LICENSED TEST. RED FLAGS.
DO NOT EXPECT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO GUIDE YOU. THEY ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU. THEY HAVE JOBS, FAMILIES, ETC. THIS IS THEIR LIVELIHOOD, DOING WHAT THEY MUST, NOT MAKING WAVES, KEEPING THEIR JOBS. DO YOUR HOMEWORK. BE RESPONSIBLE. DON’T BLAME ANYONE ELSE FOR YOUR SHORTCOMINGS AND REMEMBER IF IT’S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, “TOPSOIL,” IT USUALLY ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS PRODUCT, CALL GA DEPT. OF AG, CONSUMER INPUTS AND COMPLAIN. ASK WHY PROPER TESTING HASN’T BEEN PERFORMED BY THEIR OFFICE. ASK WHY THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO BECOME A SOIL AMENDMENT WHEN IT CLEARLY SHOULD GO TO A LANDFILL.
Check the back of consumer “potting soil” at your local garden or landscape design, or the chain Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Sam’s Club, anywhere you might buy “potting soil.” Chances are, unless you are purchasing organic potting soil and the designates on the label show what % you are buying, you could be purchasing pine bark & an aggregate of pine bark, ash & lime.
Brunswick Ash: BRASH Opt-In Pollutants 