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Rat's

parvinkaurpparvinkaurp Posts: 69
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Hi we had  rat's this winte from river behind the house my problem is do I change  the compoest from the container in which I  grow   my vegetables is safe or not ?

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  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    I imagine this might be the first time you've NOTICED the rats but, if you're near a river, they may have been there all along?  Probably not much to worry about.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    I suspect you are worried about Lyme disease from rats' urine and faeces.  I don't think I would be too worried.  We had rats on our allotments and I suspect many have rats running around their veg. plots without even knowing about it.  Provided you wash the veg. before cooking/eating I should think it would be OK.
    We had rats coming into our actual kitchen and that was more serious. It was what finally decided us to knock the kitchen down and rebuild.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Depending on what veg you grow, you'd probably need to change the growing medium in your containers anyway. 
    Other than that, the advice already given is good, especially re washing any veg  :)

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I would have thought you would be changing the soil in your veg. containers anyway.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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