Shirley from Danvers Ma writes
Last Summer's drought in our area brought out Norway Rats. They were all over our neighborhood. We used Just One Bite EX pouring down burrow holes around raised garden beds. This poison was VERY effective and solved the entire neighborhood infestation. I've learned several packets were poured down two holes each which were located within the garden beds. Since learning I removed all plant materials/produce and disposed of in garbage. My question is whether the soil around those holes in each bed are now toxic and how to address the situation. Do I remove soil surrounding holes? Leave the two raised beds fallow? If so, how long? I understand Bromethalin is not water soluble and have read plants do not uptake the compound. But I want to be safe.
Per the product manufacturer of the Just One Bite EX Bait Stations, you would need to remove all the soil around the holes that were treated with the product. Unfortunately, there is no definitive amount of time the active ingredient would stay in the soil itself. Therefore, to make your gardening safe going forward, you would want to get that soil out of the raised beds in order to harvest anything grown in them.
Answer last updated on: 12/28/2016
